(A1) terminate()/dispose()/service teardown keyed on direct-child settlement could leak a TERM-trapping descendant that outlived the leader (Codex reproduced it with a disowned trap-SIGTERM helper). kill()/terminate() now gate on tree liveness instead of outcome settlement; the SIGKILL escalation timer survives settle (unref'd, re-probing the tree); dispose's tier quiescence is whole-tree exit via a bounded waitForExit; the service's live set releases handles only when their tree is gone, and its teardown awaits tree exit. Three new suites pin the survivor scenarios end to end (terminate, dispose, service teardown). (A2) the escalation branch is now real tested behavior — its ignore is gone; the one remaining signalTree guard ignore states why it is unreachable through the handle verbs. (A3) docs contradictions fixed: the impl README's stale POSIX-only bullet now states the contained best-effort Windows tree story; the lsp-local README no longer claims taskkill failures stay visible (containment + the tree-liveness wait is the actual contract); the architecture tables (en+zh) list all three consumer families. (B1) OutputCollector keeps a byte-exact tail across uneven chunk boundaries (trim the head chunk instead of dropping it whole) — the LSP diagnostic-tail contract; pinned by a cross-chunk test. (B2) the subagent-acp coverage ignore is narrowed to exactly the never-settling success arm.
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.
Install
Install dsh with one command:
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 clones DeepSeek Harness to ~/.dsh/source, links dsh into ~/.local/bin, and launches it. Re-running the command updates the checkout. See scripts/install.sh for alternate install locations and other options.
Use DeepSeek Harness
Web UI
For the recommended local interface, build the frontend after installation and after each update, then start the Web UI:
pnpm --dir ~/.dsh/source run build && pnpm --dir ~/.dsh/source run build:web
dsh web
The Web UI is served at http://127.0.0.1:3080 by default.
TUI
Start the full-screen terminal interface:
dsh
Headless
Run one task, print the final answer, and exit:
dsh -p "summarize this workspace"
Why DeepSeek Harness
Built-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell execution; reusable skills; task tracking; subagents and workflows; persistent sessions; and context compaction. The TUI also includes Plan Mode.
- Everything is a plugin. Models, tools, policies, storage, context management, and interfaces are composable Cordis plugins, so deployments can extend or replace behavior without forking the agent loop. See the architecture for the underlying design.
- Code Mode (opt-in). It exposes a
run_codetool and a generated TypeScript SDK; only program output re-enters model context. See 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.
Community
Follow DeepSeek Harness on Twitter for project updates.
Development
pnpm install
pnpm run test:coverage
Start with the development guide and read the architecture before changing packages.
For agents, follow AGENTS.md.
DeepSeek Harness is currently pre-release.