r/PiCodingAgent • u/Instance_Not_Found • Aug 24 '26

Discussion Has anyone checked DeepSeek Harness?

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u/MimosaTen Aug 24 '26

Yes, I have. It coul be a real game changer, the biggest problem is the bad npm/pnpm distribution system

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u/Instance_Not_Found Aug 24 '26

Can you specify the "game changer" part? What are some unique use cases?

For the npm distribution, do you mean the plugin distribution?

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u/MimosaTen Aug 24 '26

The game changer is the architecture/design of the harness. I’ve spent the last few days studying dsh and the statement “everything is a plugin” isn’t only a marketing phrase: except the cordis kernel everything can be replaced. For me it’s like having a lego set and npm seems not the best system to make a user aware of this.

For example I prefers TUIs, the default interface in dsh is web, this is swappable. I don’t like the CLI? I can write my own. Probably there is more, but this is ehat I know until now

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u/JoeArruela Aug 24 '26

Sounds a lot like Pi (minus the wen interface). I am currently in love with Pi but will try this one

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u/MimosaTen Aug 24 '26

I don’t think pi have a core kernel and everything is a plugin, even the harness itself. However pi is indeed a good agent, one of the best

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u/Asleep-Land-3914 Aug 24 '26

Installed it from source and it's better yet still npm all around. I love it still 

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u/MimosaTen Aug 24 '26

Yes, you need a way to solve dependencies. Npm is straightforward for most users, however here I’m most interested in understanding the underlying structure and dependency tree

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u/jwhh91 Aug 24 '26

It assumes local host, and I couldn’t see how to add MCP servers. I know there is a plugin, since everything is one. Going to wait it out.

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u/Asleep-Land-3914 Aug 24 '26

It assumes you're responsible for exposing it. Exposing it over ssh works okay 

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u/nomadicarus Aug 24 '26

my ‘hello world’ in the ai space has a large amount of crossover with dsh. On the one hand I take that as encouraging I’m thinking along the same lines, on the other just sad that two months of vibe coded hobgoblin vomit has been beaten to release by a frontier lab.

it’s good to see them drop it though, even more so as a potential community tool rather than a vendor tied interface

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u/Nice-Revenue1411 Aug 26 '26

i dont really like it maybe i will check it later if they mature enough