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DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source agent harness developed by DeepSeek AI.
It uses an architecture where everything is a plugin, and is powered by Cordis, whose design is described in A Programming Paradigm for Spatiotemporal Composability.
DeepSeek Harness is currently in developer preview and is iterating rapidly. THERE WILL BE COMPATIBILITY-BREAKING CHANGES.
Join DeepSeek Harness Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/Ycq5dCaS4
Agent = Model + Harness
Harness keeps agents working in real-world environments
The model is the soul of an agent.
A harness lets an agent understand its environment, use tools, and keep working in real-world settings.
Cordis kernel
The Cordis kernel manages plugin mounting, unmounting, and dependencies. Agent capabilities live in the plugins.
Capabilities as plugins
Plugins provide every agent capability, including models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, storage, loops, scheduling, and the UI. Cordis services and events let the plugins work together.
Compose with configuration
Developers can select, swap, or extend any capability in configuration without changing the DeepSeek Harness source code.
Customize your DeepSeek Harness
Get started
Try it now or install from source
Quick start
Install Node.js, then launch the Web UI with npx.
$ npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web
Install from source
Clone the full source and follow the setup instructions in the repository.
$ git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness
DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source agent harness developed by DeepSeek AI. It uses an architecture where everything is a plugin, and is powered by Cordis, whose design is described in A Programming Paradigm for Spatiotemporal Composability. DeepSeek Harness is currently in developer preview and is iterating rapidly. THERE WILL BE COMPATIBILITY-BREAKING CHANGES. Join DeepSeek Harness Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/Ycq5dCaS4
Agent = Model + Harness **Harness keeps agents working in real-world environments** The model is the soul of an agent. A harness lets an agent understand its environment, use tools, and keep working in real-world settings. **Cordis kernel** The Cordis kernel manages plugin mounting, unmounting, and dependencies. Agent capabilities live in the plugins. **Capabilities as plugins** Plugins provide every agent capability, including models, tools, skills, sessions, sandboxes, storage, loops, scheduling, and the UI. Cordis services and events let the plugins work together. **Compose with configuration** Developers can select, swap, or extend any capability in configuration without changing the DeepSeek Harness source code. **Customize your DeepSeek Harness** Get started **Try it now or install from source** **Quick start** Install Node.js, then launch the Web UI with npx. $ npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web **Install from source** Clone the full source and follow the setup instructions in the repository. $ git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness