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DeepSeek Harness install steps for macOS, Windows, and Linux, covering the Node version pitfall, Arch Linux node-pty errors, and the Windows folder-picker bug.

How dsh plugin add github:owner/repo works: source vs build output, the allowBuilds prompt pnpm 10+ enforces, commit pinning, and fixing a failed build.

DeepSeek Harness itself is free, MIT-licensed, open-source software — but running it costs whatever your configured model provider charges for API usage.

DeepSeek's official CLI path is DeepSeek Harness (dsh) — covering the dsh command, headless one-shot mode, and the Python and TypeScript SDKs for scripting.

Considering DeepSeek Harness as an open-source Claude Code alternative? See how CLAUDE.md, hooks.json, MCP servers, Skills, and subagents map over directly.

What to check before publishing a dsh plugin to npm or GitHub, why prebuilt npm packages skip allowBuilds, and how the dsh-plugin topic drives discovery.

The exact dsh plugin update, why, and remove commands, how the bundle list stays in sync automatically, and what to check before removing a plugin for good.

An agent harness is the runtime that turns a model into an AI coding agent: tool execution, context, permissions, and sessions, explained with DeepSeek Harness.

The 10 best DeepSeek-Harness (dsh) plugins from the human-curated awesome list, ranked by real GitHub stars as of 2026-08-15, capped at two per category so UI, vision, theming, and multi-agent workflows all get a seat.

A developer primer on dsh plugins — the apply(ctx, config) contract, the three ways to write one, the package.json dsh field, and how to get listed.

The exact dsh plugin add command, every supported install source (npm, GitHub, local path), the allowBuilds security prompt, and how to update or remove a plugin.

DeepSeek-Harness (dsh) is DeepSeek's open-source agent harness where every feature — tools, commands, skills, MCP — is a plugin. Here's how it works.