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Super-agent
Understand DeepSeek's Router-and-Worker design, deploy the public prototype, read its domain model, and secure proactive execution.
DeepSeek Harness guides
Get started with DeepSeek Harness, from setup to real-world use
Explore setup, releases, the Python SDK, multi-agent collaboration, and security—or find a DeepSeek integration guide for Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, and more.
- in-depth Harness articles
- 117
- Agent integration guides
- 22
Recommended
Start with these three guides
Start with the complete setup, review the latest release candidate before upgrading, or configure the new V4.1 Flash model.
Topic guides
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Go straight to the topic that matches what you are working on now.
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Desktop pet market
Choose, install, compare, and build DSH pets, Dafeiyu companions, aquariums, and usage widgets.
- DeepSeek Dafeiyu Companion Guide: Persona, Memory & Life Together
- DSH Dafeiyu Ecosystem: State, Desktop & Session Dispatch
- Build a Dafeiyu with DSH: Plugin to Desktop Runtime
- DSH Dafeiyu State: Sessions, Tool Calls & Animation
- DSH Dafeiyu Continuity: Persona, Relationships & Migration
- DSH Dafeiyu Assets: Transparent Motion & Manifests
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- DSH Dafeiyu Permissions: Session Dispatch & Full Access
- DeepSeek Harness Fishtank: Memory, Mood & Portable State
- First DSH Desktop Pet Catalog: Overlays, Status Pets & Live2D
- DSH Desktop Pet Market: Companions, Widgets & Plugins
- Choose a DSH Desktop Pet: Live2D, Voice & Widgets
- DSH Desktop Pet Installation: Desktop, Web & Rollback
- DSH Desktop Pet State: Tool Calls and Ambient Feedback
- Build DSH Desktop Pets: Contracts, Privacy & Licenses
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Personal Agents
Build a Personal Agent, design its memory, select model roles, and compare current hosted and self-managed products.
- DeepSeek Harness Personal Agent Tutorial: Step by Step
- DSH Personal Agent Toolchain: Recall, Nudges & Cache
- DeepSeek Personal Agents: Memory, Automation & Permissions
- Personal Agent Memory: Preferences, Facts & Updates
- Personal Agent Models: DeepSeek, GPT, Claude & Gemini
- Personal Agents 2026: Dots, Spark, Muse & DSH
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Follow 1017 and Search/Fetch, compare V4 Pro, configure images, audit usage, and reproduce DeepSWE.
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: Benchmarks, API & DSH Setup
- DeepSeek Search & Fetch API: DSH Setup, Cost and Limits
- DeepSeek V4 Pro vs V4.1 Flash: API, Price & Agent Tests
- DeepSeek V4.1 Pro Release Status: V4 Pro API & Model IDs
- DSH Modality Declarations: V4.1 Flash Image-to-Text Downgrade
- DSH Sub-agent Usage & Billing: Sessions, Concurrency, Invoices
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Getting started & choosing
Install DeepSeek Harness, understand the hands-on experience, and compare it with other Agent tools.
- DeepSeek Harness hands-on review
- DSH vs Codex, Claude Code, Hermes, and OpenCode
- Model–Harness Fit: 66 Configurations across Agent Tasks
- Gemini Agent: Persistent Work & Multi-Agent Architecture
- DeepSeek Harness vs Pi: 30-Task Benchmark Explained
- DeepSeek Harness Agent Preset vs Plugin: What Is a Native DSH Agent?
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Current diagnostics
Investigate current turn scheduling, plugin runtime, protocol, updater, Session, MCP, authentication, and host-resource failure paths.
- DSH CJK Heredoc Timeout: Agent Teams State Analysis
- DSH Long Sessions: Load Earlier and Trajectory Failures
- DSH Catalog Picker: reasoningEfforts Field Loss
- DSH Fixed 30-Second Turns: Tool-Call Scheduling
- DSH Plugin Runtime Hoisting: Preset Startup Failures
- DSH redacted_thinking: Anthropic Tool-Call Compatibility
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Development & security
Manage plugins, deployment, questions, compaction, tools and schedules, then understand the security boundary.
- DSH Large MCP Catalogs: Deferred Tools & Token Cost
- DSH Missing Attachments: TRANSPORT Retries & Recovery
- DSH Web Search Usage Audit: Tokens, Models & Cost
- DSH Long Sessions: Token Budgets, Message Caps & HTTP 400
- DSH Dynamic Tool Updates: DeepSeek Adapter & Recovery
- DSH v0.2.1-rc.2 Invisible Sessions: Diagnosis & Recovery
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- DSH Subagent Empty Completion: Reasoning Budget Exhaustion
- DeepSeek Harness REQUEST_EXTENSION Troubleshooting
- Claude Code Mods vs DSH Plugins: Bridge & Migration
- DeepSeek Harness Reverse Proxy: public-url & Path Prefix
- DeepSeek Harness Timed Questions: Timeout & Late Replies
- DeepSeek Harness Long Sessions: Built-in vs Proxy Compaction
- DeepSeek Harness Dynamic Tools & KV Cache: rc.2 Analysis
- DeepSeek Harness Scheduled Tasks: Persistence & History
- Agent Harness Context Privilege Escalation: Memory & Skills
- DeepSeek Harness Plugin Manager: Install, Toggle & Unload
- DSH Modality Declarations: V4.1 Flash Image-to-Text Downgrade
- DeepSeek Harness Vision Models: Fix Image Support Errors
- DeepSeek Harness Remote Development: VS Code, SSH & JetBrains
- DeepSeek Harness Python SDK Tutorial: Run and Resume DSH Agents
- DeepSeek Harness Agent Teams: Teammates, Tasks & Mailboxes
- DeepSeek Harness Security: Sandboxes, Permissions & Prompt Injection
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Research & ecosystem
Audit Agent behavior and usage, then read current Agent Harness research and native DSH ecosystem reports.
- DeepSeek Personal Agents: Memory, Automation & Permissions
- ToolBottleneckBench: Tool Menus, Caps & Harness Bias
- JevAgentHarness: Decision Models, Tool Choice & Agent Cost
- Harness²: Recursive Agent Harnessing & Cross-Task Learning
- HarnessTester: Agent Harness Coverage & 122 Real Defects
- Raven: Composable Agent Harnesses, Host Orchestration & Evolution
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- Gemini Agent: Persistent Work & Multi-Agent Architecture
- Model–Harness Fit: 66 Configurations across Agent Tasks
- Agent Harness Components: Tools, Compression & Subagents
- Agent Harness Context Privilege Escalation: Memory & Skills
- DSH Sub-agent Usage & Billing: Sessions, Concurrency, Invoices
- Why Did a Simple Task Take 50 Turns? V4.1 Flash × DSH
- HarnessDev Explained: Can AI Build Its Own Agent Harness?
- MemoHarness Explained: Agent Harnesses That Learn from Experience
- JIT-Agent Explained: Can AI Generate a Better Agent Harness?
- Why DSH, Deepagents and Pi Are Converging on the Same Harness Architecture
- 51 Native DeepSeek Harness Agents: August 2026 Ecosystem Report
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Release updates
Check pre-releases, published npm versions, and important notes before upgrading.
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-rc.3: Plugins & Draft Recovery
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-rc.2: V4.1 Flash 1017 & Search
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-rc.1: Plugins, Context & Migration
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.5: Plugins & Terminal Fixes
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.4: Models & Plugin Sources
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.3: Images, Compaction & Presets
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- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.2: Models, Sessions & Plugins
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.1-alpha.1: Mods, Plugins & Web
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.0-rc.2: Desktop CLI & Timed Questions
- DeepSeek Harness v0.2.0-rc.1: Plugins, Search & Automation
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.7-rc.2: Scheduling & Dynamic Tools
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.7-rc.1: Session V4 & Migration
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.7-alpha.2: Sessions, Teams & Truncation
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.7-alpha.1: Session V4 & Messages API
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.6-alpha.2: Plugins, Sidebar & Sub-agents
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.6-alpha.1: Terminals, SSH & Experiments
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.5-rc.2: Feedback & File UI Update
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.5-rc.1: V4.1 Flash & Session V3
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.5-alpha.2: File Delivery & Agent Teams
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.5-alpha.1: Sidebar & Session V3
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.3-alpha.2: Subagent & Session Fixes
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.3-alpha.1: Session v2 & File Uploads
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-rc.1: Default npm Upgrade
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-alpha.5: npm Release Status
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-alpha.4: Two-Way Agent Messaging
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-alpha.3: Long Chats & SQLite Removal
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-alpha.2: Reconnects, Presets & Token Stats
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-alpha.1: Agent Teams, PTC & Breaking Changes
- DeepSeek Harness v0.1.1-rc.2: Vision, Files API & Security
Agent integrations
Configure the Agent you use
Choose an Agent to find its endpoint, API key, and model-name setup steps, plus solutions to common connection issues.
Common Agents
Claude Code
AI coding assistant that runs in the terminal.
Open guide →
Codex
OpenAI's coding agent.
Open guide →
OpenCode
Open-source AI coding assistant available in terminal, web, and other forms.
Open guide →- API
CC Switch
Free desktop app: connect Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, and other CLIs to DeepSeek with a GUI. **Start here if manual config feels too hard.**
Open guide →
All integration guides
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AstrBotOpen-source agent assistant for Feishu, Telegram and more, extensible with skills, plugins, and MCPs.
ClineAI coding assistant extension for VS Code supporting multiple API providers.
CrushGlamorous open-source AI coding agent for the terminal with multi-model support and LSP integration.
Deep CodeOpen-source terminal AI coding assistant for DeepSeek-V4 with deep thinking, reasoning effort control, and Agent Skills.
DeepSeek-TUIOpen-source Rust terminal coding assistant for DeepSeek-V4 — Codex-style architecture, sandboxed tools, MCP client + server, 1M context.
GitHub CopilotAI peer programmer built into VS Code.
GitHub Copilot CLITerminal-native AI coding assistant with agentic capabilities.
HermesOpen-source self-improving AI agent built by Nous Research.
Kilo CodeAI coding assistant available as a CLI and editor extension.
LangcliOpen-source AI coding assistant 100% compatible with Claude Code, supporting mainstream LLM models.
LobeHubChief Agent Operator — hire, schedule, and report on your entire AI team, 24/7.
nanobotOpen-source lightweight AI agent with chat platform integration, memory, MCP, and more.
Oh My PiTerminal AI coding agent forked from Pi with OMP-specific tools, model roles, MCP, plugins, and agent workflows.
OpenClawOpen-source personal AI assistant that plugs into chat tools (Feishu, WeChat) and is extensible via Skills.
PiMinimal, extensible terminal coding harness with tree-structured sessions and custom providers.
Qwen CodeCoding agent CLI by the Alibaba Qwen team — now with built-in DeepSeek provider support.
ReasonixDeepSeek-native coding agent that runs in the terminal — cache-first loop, MCP-native.
WorkBuddy / CodeBuddyAI agent and coding assistant with custom OpenAI-compatible model configuration.
Primary sources
Official DeepSeek resources
Use the original platform and API documentation alongside our independent tutorials.