Agents in DeepSeek Harness: three different things share the name
“Agent” is overloaded in DSH, and the three meanings are installed in three different ways — one of them cannot be installed at all. Directories that lump them together send you looking for a command that does not exist, so here they are separated, with the registry each one plugs into.
The agent itself
registers on ctx.agents
The live session handle: the append-only session log, system-prompt assembly and the tool registry that a conversation runs on. It is a replaceable seam — you can swap the whole implementation — but it is a capability inside the runtime, not an artifact you download.
How you get one: You do not install one. Replacing it means shipping a bundle that registers on the seam.
598 entries filed under Agent Core →Agent preset
registers on ctx.agentPresets
A preset is a directory holding one agent.cordis.yml. Mounting it under an agent's scope gives that session its own tools and prompt sections while every other live session keeps its own; persona is the composable row that lets a preset change identity, not just tools.
How you get one: No install command exists. You copy the directory into the preset root — the official flow is copy-only.
7 agent presets indexed →Subagent provider
registers on ctx.subagents
Delegate work to child agents. Six named providers coexist: fresh in-process, fork-from-parent-history, ACP, real Codex, real Claude Code (official Agent SDK), and out-of-process dsh via the TypeScript SDK.
How you get one: A third party adds one by publishing a bundle that registers a provider under its own name.
15 entries in Subagent Providers →One thing worth knowing if you are coming from another agent tool: DSH has no markdown-defined subagent format. A subagent here is code that registers a provider, not a file you drop in a folder — that is the single most common wrong assumption we see in repository READMEs.
Agent presets
Directories holding one agent.cordis.yml
Dsh Anchored Standard
xiaobright
Two-phase DeepSeek Harness preset: Minimal-aligned bootstrap, then full Standard tools (Project2 98/99)
Dsh Agent Rp
hewzhew
SillyTavern migration and next-generation Agent RP for DSH
Dsh Router Standard
yjh051108
Task-aware reasoning-mode router for DeepSeek Harness: three measured behavior bands (spec/mixed/react) with phase-transition evidence, persona + first-turn tool injection, agent-visible tuning. Dual-attractor policy paper included.
Dsh Gitbash Preset
liceses
DeepSeek Harness 插件：一键安装「极简模式 (Git Bash)」agent preset —— 把 DSH 自带极简模式中的 bash 调用映射到 Git for Windows 的 bash（MSYS），让 Windows 上的极简模式真正可用。
Dsh Data Agent
omdsh-dev
Data Agent for DeepSeek Harness: session-scoped database connections with a dedicated agent preset that lets AI write SQL and iterate against live execution feedback.
Dsh Plans
Optim-Agent
Human-in-the-loop planning preset for DeepSeek Harness (DSH), adapted from prime-plans: researched Markdown plans in ./dsh-plans, reviewer/criticizer subagent refinement, per-workspace language & model settings, goal-driven execution with ponytail + MVP tests.
Dsh Science
biociao
No description provided.
Subagent providers
Bundles that register a named provider on ctx.subagents
Dsh Workflow
icetomoyo
把Claude Code的UltraCode模式带给DSH，把 DSH 的一次性多 Agent 调度，升级为可生成、可保存、可治理、可观察、可恢复的 Workflow 层
Dsh Plugin Product Subagents
shaokeyibb
Role-based Codex / Claude Code / ACP subagent providers for the DeepSeek Harness — continuable children, durable session recovery, per-role product permissions, and delegation with a permission ceiling.
Dsh Background Agents
PerryLink
Interactive long-session background agents for DeepSeek Harness: start a durable continuable child agent, watch its progress in the Web UI sidebar, message it any time, and interrupt it - all through the official subagent seam.
Dsh Deepseek Vision
Argonaut790
Image understanding, OCR, and persistent visual evidence for text-only DeepSeek Harness models
Dsh Plugin Subagent Director
SeverusZh
Subagent Director: per-subagent LLM provider/model selection with role templates for DeepSeek Harness (dsh plugin)
Dsh Subagent Cwd
lynx-gt
DeepSeek Harness subagent delegation enhancement
Dsh Subagent Tools
lynx-gt
DeepSeek Harness subagent delegation enhancement
Dsh Whale Subagent
1while1
A whale-girl themed subagent nest for the DeepSeek Harness, featuring pixel-animated subagent cards, real-time THINK/TODO tracking, and a model-selectable subagent_ex tool.