What is this?
DeepSeek Harness Studio is a zero-code Electron desktop app that wraps DeepSeek Harness, adding a plugin marketplace, AI-driven plugin recommendations, a Preset marketplace of ready-made agent workflows, and visual/theme enhancements on top of the core Harness engine.
DeepSeek Harness Studio is a zero-code Electron desktop app that wraps DeepSeek Harness, adding a plugin marketplace, AI-driven plugin recommendations, a Preset marketplace of ready-made agent workflows, and visual/theme enhancements on top of the core Harness engine.Is this a new AI agent engine, or a wrapper around DeepSeek Harness?It is a desktop wrapper: Electron hosts the DeepSeek Harness web workspace, and the desktop main process starts and manages a local dsh web service, so you still rely on the underlying DeepSeek Harness engine.
It is a desktop wrapper: Electron hosts the DeepSeek Harness web workspace, and the desktop main process starts and manages a local dsh web service, so you still rely on the underlying DeepSeek Harness engine.How do I get it running?Grab the prebuilt macOS arm64 preview ZIP or Windows x64 installer from the project's GitHub Releases, or clone the repo and build it yourself with pnpm (build:desktop script) if you want to keep developing.
Grab the prebuilt macOS arm64 preview ZIP or Windows x64 installer from the project's GitHub Releases, or clone the repo and build it yourself with pnpm (build:desktop script) if you want to keep developing.Do I need a DeepSeek API key, or can I run it against a local model?You can configure DeepSeek or another compatible cloud provider, or connect local inference engines like Ollama, vLLM and SGLang, or any custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
You can configure DeepSeek or another compatible cloud provider, or connect local inference engines like Ollama, vLLM and SGLang, or any custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint.Are the current builds production-ready?No — the only official downloads right now are explicitly labeled 'preview': a macOS arm64 ZIP and a Windows x64 installer, with no Linux package yet.
No — the only official downloads right now are explicitly labeled 'preview': a macOS arm64 ZIP and a Windows x64 installer, with no Linux package yet.Who is this aimed at?Developers and power users of DeepSeek Harness who want a no-code way to discover, vet and manage plugins and ready-made agent workflows instead of using the CLI.
Developers and power users of DeepSeek Harness who want a no-code way to discover, vet and manage plugins and ready-made agent workflows instead of using the CLI.What is the Preset marketplace?It is a one-click install catalog of complete agent workflows (role + skills + tools + rules). The app ships with 7 official presets such as AI WebApp, PPT Office, a video generator and a Feishu digital employee.
It is a one-click install catalog of complete agent workflows (role + skills + tools + rules). The app ships with 7 official presets such as AI WebApp, PPT Office, a video generator and a Feishu digital employee.Can I find a plugin without knowing its exact package name?Yes — you describe what you want in plain language in Plugin Discovery, and an agent searches the public dsh-plugin directory and returns matching candidates with version, author and match reasons.
Yes — you describe what you want in plain language in Plugin Discovery, and an agent searches the public dsh-plugin directory and returns matching candidates with version, author and match reasons.What does SubAgent support let me do?You can spawn one-off or continuable sub-agents, inspect parent-child conversation lineage and runtime status, and stop a running sub-agent's current turn.
You can spawn one-off or continuable sub-agents, inspect parent-child conversation lineage and runtime status, and stop a running sub-agent's current turn.Why is plugin discovery separate from plugin installation?Discovery and AI recommendations only surface public directory metadata; actual installs still go through the Plugin Center, which verifies version, integrity and bundle compatibility before installing anything.
Discovery and AI recommendations only surface public directory metadata; actual installs still go through the Plugin Center, which verifies version, integrity and bundle compatibility before installing anything.What are similar projects?oh-dsh, EAC-Desktop, evenfire, dshcode, pilot-harness, cocode, dsh_desktop, WhaleIsle
oh-dsh, EAC-Desktop, evenfire, dshcode, pilot-harness, cocode, dsh_desktop, WhaleIsleWhich topics is it in?plugin-manager, feishu, ppt, marketplace, vllm, dsh, plugin-system, dsh-plugin, deepseek-harness, workflow, video-generation, openai-compatible
plugin-manager, feishu, ppt, marketplace, vllm, dsh, plugin-system, dsh-plugin, deepseek-harness, workflow, video-generation, openai-compatible