deepseek-harness/README.md

# DeepSeek Harness

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DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is an open-source coding agent built on the DeepSeek Harness SDK.

It uses an architecture where **everything is a plugin**.

## Internal testing notice

Thank you for making time to try DeepSeek Harness.

This version is still in internal testing. Some features remain unfinished, and parts of the experience may feel rough.

“As one cuts and files, as one carves and polishes.” Products grow through repeated encounters with real use and candid feedback. The problems you uncover in practice may lead us to re-examine, or even discard, existing designs.

We especially want to hear about moments of failure, confusion, or friction. If DeepSeek Harness does not help—or instead makes your work harder—please leave a message in our <a href="https://wj.qq.com/s2/27234598/03eb/">WeCom group</a> and tell us about your experience. Every report will help us refine it.

## Install

Install `dsh` with one command:

```sh
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/master/scripts/install.sh | sh
```

The installer requires `git` and Node `^22.19 || >=24`, offers to install `pnpm` when it is missing, and prompts for a DeepSeek API key.

The installer keeps every checkout under `~/.dsh/source`: the master clone at `~/.dsh/source/master` and each install's staging checkout as a git worktree `~/.dsh/source/staging-<timestamp>`. The stable symlink `~/.dsh/source/current` points at the active staging worktree, and `dsh` in `~/.local/bin` links to `current/bin/dsh`, so an upgrade repoints one symlink and the `dsh` on PATH never moves. Re-running the command adds a fresh staging worktree from an updated master and repoints `current` at it. See [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) for alternate install locations and other options.

## Use DeepSeek Harness

### Web UI

For the recommended local interface, build the active checkout after installation and after each update, then start the Web UI:

```sh
(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)
dsh web
```

The full build produces the library and client bundles plus the frontend dist. The path above is the installer's default. If you set `DSH_SOURCE` or `DSH_CURRENT`, or reused an existing checkout, replace `~/.dsh/source/current` with that checkout path; see [`scripts/install.sh`](scripts/install.sh) for details. The Web UI is served at `http://127.0.0.1:3080` by default.

### TUI

Start the full-screen terminal interface:

```sh
dsh
```

### Headless

Run one task, print the final answer, and exit:

```sh
dsh -p "summarize this workspace"
```

### Automation and SDKs

From a source checkout with `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` in the environment or its root `.env`, start the ACP automation server:

```sh
pnpm run demo:acp
```

The [Python SDK](python/README.md) drives a bundled JSON-RPC runtime. The [examples](examples/README.md) cover the runnable headless, ACP, JSON-RPC, Code Mode, and self-referential compositions.

## Why DeepSeek Harness

Built-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell and persistent PTY execution; reusable skills; task tracking, goals, plans, todos, and background tasks; subagents and workflows; sandboxing and approvals; settings and credentials; persistent, resumable, forkable, and queryable sessions; LSP and web access; context compaction; and telemetry. Each composition selects the subset appropriate to its surface. The TUI and Web UI both include Plan Mode.

- **Everything is a plugin.** Models, tools, policies, storage, context management, and interfaces are composable [Cordis plugins](docs/user/develop/basic/index.md), so deployments can extend or replace behavior without forking the agent loop. See the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) for the underlying design.
- **Runs are reconstructable.** Anything visible to the model is logged in the authoritative session stream; persistence, resume/fork/query, replay, telemetry, and UIs derive from the same events. See the [session-log architecture](docs/architecture.md#session-log).
- **Code Mode (opt-in).** It exposes a `run_code` tool and a generated TypeScript SDK; only program output re-enters model context. See [Code Mode](packages/core/tools/README.md#code-mode).
- **Self-referential Cordis tools are opt-in.** They let the agent inspect its live runtime and mount or unmount plugins while it runs. See the [Cordis tools](packages/cordis/tool-cordis/README.md).

## Community

Follow <a href="https://x.com/Deepseekharness">DeepSeek Harness on Twitter</a> for project updates.

## Development

```sh
pnpm install
pnpm run test:coverage
```

Start with the [development guide](docs/development.md) and read the [architecture](docs/architecture.md) before changing packages.

For agents, follow [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md).

DeepSeek Harness is currently in internal testing.

## License

[BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE)