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      "summary": "DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is DeepSeek's MIT-licensed agent harness, a developer preview built from plugins over the Cordis framework. It runs as a local Web UI, a one-shot headless command, an ACP server or a JSON-RPC server for its Python SDK.",
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      "license": "MIT",
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          "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh"
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        }
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "No account with the project. A model key goes in the environment, `$DSH_HOME/.credentials.yaml`, a `.env` file or the Web UI settings, for DeepSeek (`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`), a catalogue provider or a custom OpenAI or Anthropic-compatible endpoint, including a self-hosted one. The Web UI listens on loopback and authenticates each request.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy for the harness. The owner pays the model provider, usually DeepSeek's API at its published per-token rates, or nothing with a self-hosted model.",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the CLI reference or the docs index (checked 2026-10-18).",
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        "official",
        "harness",
        "coding-agent",
        "cli",
        "open-source",
        "typescript",
        "python",
        "mcp",
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        "llms-txt",
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      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 49.5,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
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        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1251,
        "categoryRank": 37,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-18"
        },
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        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-08. CVE-2026-82533 (CVSS 9.6, published by VulnCheck). The local HTTP agent-control API trusted a client-supplied loopback Host header, so a sandboxed tool process could reach it, escape the sandbox and turn off approvals, and a tunnelled port exposed it remotely. Fixed in 0.1.2-alpha.1 with commit 3e24087 per the NVD record. Fixed, inside six months, -2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82533",
          "2026-09-28 to 2026-10-16. Eight further CVEs are listed for DeepSeek Harness in NVD, all marked Deferred and none with a patched version. Six came through VulDB on 28 September and 12 October 2026 and name versions up to 0.1.0-rc.7, 0.1.1-rc.2, 0.1.5-rc.3 and 0.1.7-rc.2, with CVSS 3.1 scores of 3.1 to 6.3. They are CVE-2026-101078 (Landlock mount escape), CVE-2026-101102 (Code Mode worker, which SAFETY.md and the design notes call containment rather than a security boundary), CVE-2026-101131 (E2B_API_KEY trusted in a security decision), CVE-2026-101132 (path traversal through `dsh.bundle.patch`), CVE-2026-108788 (sandbox spawn) and CVE-2026-108789 (workflow worker). Each says the vendor was contacted early and did not respond. CVE-2026-95182 (CVSS 10.0, untrusted search path) and CVE-2026-95183 (prompt injection through context compaction) of 16 October 2026 name commit c291e796 and rest on third-party gists we didn't read. Read the way the PicoClaw note was. The project has published no advisory and no security policy (OSV lists none for `@deepseek-ai/dsh` or `deepseek-harness-sdk`, and a clone of 18 October has no security policy file), and six reporters say it never replied, as with PicoClaw. We read all eight NVD records but none of the write-ups. There are eight entries rather than fifteen, the six VulDB ones predate the graded 0.2.0-rc.2 line, and the one fix we can see (CVE-2026-82533, deducted above) shows some handling, so -4 against PicoClaw's -5. https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=deepseek-harness"
        ],
        "verdict": "Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.",
        "bestFor": "Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT licence, with headless `--json`, an ACP stdio server and a JSON-RPC server for the Python SDK from one `dsh` command",
          "In headless and ACP runs an approval nobody answers is denied, so the default `workspace-write` plus `ask` preset fails closed",
          "File writes are confined to the workspace by bwrap or Landlock on Linux, Seatbelt on macOS and restricted tokens on Windows",
          "`--dump-config-schema` prints a JSON Schema 2020-12 document for the composed configuration, and the docs serve llms.txt and Markdown",
          "36 npm versions between 10 August and 17 October 2026, with alpha, next and latest channels"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request",
          "Developer preview with no stable release. npm `latest` is 0.2.0-rc.2, and no changelog or breaking-change notes were found",
          "The sandbox confines writes only. Reads and network access are not confined, and `web_fetch` runs without approval",
          "No SECURITY.md or security.txt. NVD lists nine CVEs from September and October 2026, six saying the vendor did not respond",
          "The Python SDK's minimal profile pins `danger-full-access` with no approval service, and external pull requests are not accepted"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request",
          "Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback",
          "Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run",
          "Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit",
          "Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes"
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          "measured": false
        },
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          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 33,
          "schema": 77,
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        "provenanceScore": 47,
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        "install": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web   # or: python -m pip install deepseek-harness-sdk",
        "headless": {
          "command": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh --profile headless --json \"$TASK\"",
          "env": {
            "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e",
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness",
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          "The project publishes no terms or privacy policy of its own. Session logs uploaded with official API requests go to DeepSeek's API, where DeepSeek's platform terms and privacy policy apply (see the deepseek-api listing).",
          "No SECURITY.md in the repository root or .github, and deepseek-harness.github.io/.well-known/security.txt and www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026.",
          "No CHANGELOG.md in the repository and no release notes on the docs site. Versions are on npm and PyPI only.",
          "GitHub's web pages and API were not read. A compiled record of 18 October (shields.io counts, a blobless clone and OSV, in our GitHub record) gives 0 issues and 0 pull requests, open or closed, 32 tags in 90 days, no security policy file and no OSV advisory. Stars, CI results and Discussions remain unchecked."
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    "answer": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)'s 42.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "name": "dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)",
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      "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/dsh-superagent-prototype",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "agent-harnesses",
      "summary": "dsh-superagent is DeepSeek's MIT-licensed research prototype of a proactive coding agent for one GitHub repository, run as a DeepSeek Harness bundle. A main Session admits requests from allowed people and parallel Executor Sessions work them into pull requests.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-superagent",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-superagent.md",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-superagent.json",
      "dns": "deepseek-superagent.grade.anchorterminal.com",
      "repo": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/dsh-superagent-prototype",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "pat",
      "authNotes": "No account with the project. The agent acts through a dedicated GitHub user account signed in to a `gh` wrapper with `auth login`, and optionally a Feishu bot through `lark-cli`. DSH needs a model provider key. The local Management API takes no credential and accepts only loopback requests with `x-orchestrator-request: 1`.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy. The operator pays the model provider DSH is set up with, usually DeepSeek's API, for a main Session and one Session per Ticket.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, SETUP.md or docs/000 to 008 (checked 2026-11-01).",
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-11-01"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/dsh-superagent-prototype/tree/main/docs",
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        "agent.multi-agent"
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        "coding-agent",
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        "typescript",
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        "free",
        "no-card",
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        "preview",
        "telemetry-default-on"
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      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 42.1,
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 1108,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1251,
        "categoryRank": 41,
        "methodology": "0.7",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 34,
          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 33,
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        "pending": [
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        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-11-01"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The authorization design is careful, with allowed lists, Mandates and a Policy enforced in code, proactive work only recorded by default and auto-merge off. Executors run every command without approval under the operator's OS user, and the README calls it a research prototype with no release, changelog or security policy.",
        "bestFor": "Teams on github.com that want a DeepSeek Harness agent to turn allowed people's issue requests into pull requests, run on an isolated machine or OS account.",
        "strengths": [
          "MIT licence, with nine numbered design and operations documents that state each rule, from admission to restart recovery",
          "Only listed GitHub logins can start work by default, and messages, comments and prompts cannot change the gate, which code enforces",
          "Proactive work starts in `observe` mode, which records what the agent would have done and accepts nothing",
          "The agent never enables auto-merge as its own account, and the default merge rule needs approvals and fewer than 200 changed lines",
          "Setup and worker shells drop environment variables named KEY, PASSWORD, SECRET or TOKEN, and git uses only the agent account's credentials"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Executor and main Sessions run with `danger-full-access` as the operator's OS user, and the docs say a worker can read the operator's home directory",
          "The README calls it a research prototype, not an official DeepSeek product, at version 0.1.0 with no tag, release or changelog found",
          "Not on npm. Installing means a git clone, `pnpm build`, a pinned DSH release candidate, tmux and a dedicated GitHub user account",
          "The docs don't mention that DSH's shipped profiles upload the session log to DeepSeek with official API requests by default",
          "No SECURITY.md, security.txt or CI workflow found, and GitHub's issues and pull requests couldn't be read"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Run it under a dedicated OS account holding only the agent's credentials. Executors run commands without approval and can read the operator's home directory",
          "Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row of the `superagent` profile before using DeepSeek's official API on private code",
          "Keep the accept mode at `observe` and the allowed list short until the recorded Decisions look right",
          "Wait for `scripts/dsh-superagent status` to stop exiting 1 after any save that answers `restarting: true` before the next request",
          "Send `x-orchestrator-request: 1` and a loopback Host to the Management API, and send `revision` with each PUT, since a stale one gets 409"
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          "measured": false
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          "payments": 40,
          "reliability": 15,
          "schema": 61,
          "security": 33,
          "transparency": 51
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        "provenanceScore": 52,
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        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "https://www.deepseek.com/en/harness/privacy/",
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        "notes": [
          "The repository has no terms or privacy policy of its own. DeepSeek Harness's terms of use and privacy policy (both last updated 20 September 2026) name Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. and cover the harness it runs on. The README says the prototype is not an official DeepSeek product.",
          "package.json names `DeepSeek Harness Team \u003cteam@dsh.dev\u003e` as author. dsh.dev didn't resolve from our network on 1 November 2026.",
          "No SECURITY.md in the root or .github, and www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 1 November 2026.",
          "No CHANGELOG.md, tags or releases found. GitHub's web pages and API weren't reachable, so files were read on raw.githubusercontent.com and the commit history, stars and issues are unchecked."
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        "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "0.2.1-rc.2 on npm and 0.2.1rc2 on PyPI on 17 October 2026 (30). 36 npm versions since 10 August 2026, with 14 since 18 September, and 32 `dsh-v` tags in the 90 days to 18 October in a clone of the repository (20). CONTRIBUTING.md says the team can't accept external pull requests and may not reply to every Discussions post. shields.io reads 0 issues and 0 pull requests, open or closed, which fits issues being turned off. The clone shows 22,395 commits since 10 June 2026, 8,645 of them merges, which says little about replies to users. Reply times in Discussions are unchecked (5). The Python SDK ships with each release, still as a pre-release (10). A CI workflow with a Node version matrix exists, with its current state unconfirmed (6).",
          "b": "Published on 31 October 2026, within 30 days, read as the last published change since no tag or release was found (30). One publication, so not three releases in 90 days (0). Issues, pull requests and Discussions couldn't be read, and the README frames the code as a reference prototype adapted from an internal version (0). No official SDK or registry entry (0). Exact dependency pins and a lockfile, but no CI workflow found, and the docs pin DSH 0.2.1-rc.3 (23 October 2026) while npm `latest` is 0.2.1-rc.5 (29 October 2026) (4)."
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        "leads": "deepseek-harness",
        "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Self-hosted rule, as for the other open-source harnesses. No payment protocol (0). The harness is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card or account is needed for the software, and custom endpoints include self-hosted model servers (20). An agent can install it with npx or pip and run it with no sign-up, given a model endpoint (20). DeepSeek's API is a separate purchase.",
          "b": "Self-hosted rule, as for the other open-source harnesses. No payment protocol (0). Free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card for the software (20). An agent can't get started alone, because the setup needs a person to create a dedicated GitHub user account, accept the repository invitation and run `auth login` for the wrappers, which SETUP.md lists as operator steps. 0, as the other harnesses that need an account were read (0). The model provider is a separate purchase."
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        "name": "Reliability",
        "reasons": {
          "a": "Local-package reading, graded on npm `latest` 0.2.0-rc.2, which the README's `npx @deepseek-ai/dsh` installs. Official npm package with Node 22.19+ and 24+ stated, and a Python wheel for Python 3.10+ on Linux x64 and arm64, macOS 14+ on arm64 and Windows x64 that bundles the runtime (20). A public CI workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml) with a Node 22.19, 24 and 26 matrix, a separate real-API end-to-end workflow and 25 workflow files in the clone of 18 October, but run results couldn't be read, so whether it passes on master is unconfirmed (10). shields.io reads 0 open and 0 closed issues and 0 pull requests on 18 October. The README and CONTRIBUTING.md send bug reports to GitHub Discussions and refuse external pull requests, so issues are probably turned off, though the counts alone are ambiguous. Discussions couldn't be read, so crash reports and their handling are unchecked and scored absent (0). Alpha, next and latest dist-tags separate channels, but no changelog or breaking-change notes were found and the README warns generally of breaking changes (3). Developer preview, no 1.0 or stable release (0).",
          "b": "Local-package reading, since it runs as a DSH bundle on the operator's machine. Not published to npm (`private: true` in package.json, and the registry has no `dsh-superagent`). It installs from a git clone with `pnpm install \u0026\u0026 pnpm build` on top of `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.2.1-rc.3`, with Node 22.19+ or 24+, git 2.32+, Python 3.8+, tmux and gh 2.48+ stated, so half credit (10). A vitest suite of about 25 spec files is listed in docs/007, and `pnpm check` runs the typecheck, tests and build. Two spec files were read on raw.githubusercontent.com. No CI workflow was found at five common paths under .github/workflows, and the directory couldn't be listed (5). Open issues couldn't be read, because github.com and api.github.com weren't reachable from our network. Unchecked, so scored absent (0). Version 0.1.0 with no tag, release or changelog found, so no semver record (0). A research prototype, not stable (0)."
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          "b": 15
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        "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation",
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          "a": "Framework reading. `--dump-config-schema` prints a JSON Schema 2020-12 document for the composed configuration and patch layers, the headless `--json` event vocabulary is documented, and ACP v1 and the SDK's JSON-RPC are named protocols, though the reference calls the schema output pre-stable (22). llms.txt on the docs site, with a raw Markdown address for every page (10). Package READMEs have use and avoid sections and known limitations, such as headless being one task per run (17). Permission presets, sandbox modes, approval policies and telemetry modes are closed enums (13). Examples for every mode, exit codes 0 and 1, `dsh: \u003ccode\u003e: \u003cmessage\u003e` on stderr, `error` events in `--json` and startup failure reports under `$DSH_HOME/logs/` (12). Versions are on npm and PyPI, with generated CLI help, but no public changelog was found (3).",
          "b": "Framework reading, as for deepseek-harness. No OpenAPI or JSON Schema is published. docs/006 documents the Management API's routes, fields, block shapes and refusals in tables, and the code validates settings with zod (12). Markdown docs in the repository, readable raw, and a SETUP.md written for a coding agent. No llms.txt (5). Nine numbered documents read in order, each stating purpose, limits and what not to do, such as never rerunning the profile-creation command for an upgrade (17). Closed sets for accept mode (`off`, `observe`, `auto`), admission cells, Source states, health states and `listen` (12). A worked curl example, refusals as 400, 404, 409 and 500 with `issues`, `setup` or `code`, a troubleshooting table and status exit codes 0 to 3 (13). package.json says 0.1.0 and pins an `engines.dsh` range, but no changelog or tags were found (2)."
        },
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          "a": 77,
          "b": 61
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        "leads": "deepseek-harness",
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          "a": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. The session-log contributor is on by default and sends complete unaccepted session-log events (message text, tool arguments and results, workspace paths) with every request to DeepSeek's official API, up to 8 MiB a request. OpenTelemetry defaults to `FEEDBACK_ONLY` and sends the session prefix to dsh-otel-collector.deepseeksvc.com after any feedback or rating. Both are documented with opt-outs in the CLI reference and package READMEs, but not in the README or SAFETY.md. Keys stay local (8). `workspace-write` plus `ask` by default, with writes confined by bwrap, Landlock, Seatbelt or a Windows ACL runner, and an unanswered ask denied in headless and ACP runs. Reads and network are not confined, `web_fetch` runs without approval (public destinations only), and the SDK's `sdk-minimal` profile pins `danger-full-access` with no approval service (13). SAFETY.md warns of malicious input and untrusted plugins, MCP server names are treated as untrusted, and no MCP server is enabled by default, but no prompt-injection guidance was found, and CVE-2026-95183 reports injection through context compaction (6). Local JSONL session logs record approval decisions as audit events (12). No SECURITY.md (none in a clone of 18 October either), no security.txt, no bug bounty, and OSV lists no advisory for `@deepseek-ai/dsh` or `deepseek-harness-sdk`. SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit, and six of the nine NVD records say the vendor did not respond to the reporter (1).",
          "b": "Harness reading of the framework checklist, 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. The `superagent` profile is created from DSH's Web template, and DSH documents that shipped profiles mount `session-log-deepseek`, enabled by default, which adds the session log to each official DeepSeek API request, up to 8 MiB. dsh-superagent's docs don't mention it, and its Sessions read issue, pull request and chat text and the repository. Setup and worker shells drop variables named KEY, PASSWORD, SECRET or TOKEN, and `GH_TOKEN` and `GITHUB_TOKEN` are removed from git (8). Both presets run `danger-full-access` without approval as the operator's OS user. docs/006 says the account wrappers don't isolate the process, a worker can run programs by path and read the operator's home directory, and recommends a dedicated OS account. The gate, `observe` default, blocked commands and no auto-merge as the agent account narrow what it does, not what it can do (6). docs/002 says messages, comments and quoted documents are inputs to a decision and can't change allowed lists, rules or Mandates, bots can never make explicit requests, and prompt edits don't change the gate. Workers with full access still read untrusted Thread text, and no further guidance on that was found (7). Decisions are recorded with reasons, Ticket details show the Trigger, Decision, scope and Policy version, the host records the prompt revisions each Session used, and every GitHub message starts with an automated-agent line by default (12). No SECURITY.md (404 at the root and in .github), no security.txt on www.deepseek.com (404), no bug bounty or advisory found. NVD has no record for the prototype. The CVEs against DSH itself are on the deepseek-harness listing (0)."
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          "a": 40,
          "b": 33
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        "name": "Kind"
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      {
        "a": "DeepSeek",
        "b": "DeepSeek",
        "name": "Vendor"
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      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
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      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
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        "a": "Free",
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        "b": "no",
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        "name": "llms.txt"
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        "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) is open source (MIT).",
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        "aheadOn": null,
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  "markdown": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)'s 42.1 (E), and leads in every scored category. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): grade D, 49.5/100, rank #969 of 1251. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek): grade E, 42.1/100, rank #1108 of 1251. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-superagent.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-superagent.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 955 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 33 against 15\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 40 against 33\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 71 against 34\n\nWatch for: By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request\n\n### dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (E)\n\nGood for: Teams on github.com that want a DeepSeek Harness agent to turn allowed people's issue requests into pull requests, run on an isolated machine or OS account.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek Harness (dsh) loses 6 points for them\n\nWatch for: Executor and main Sessions run with `danger-full-access` as the operator's OS user, and the docs say a worker can read the operator's home directory\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +37\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (71): 0.2.1-rc.2 on npm and 0.2.1rc2 on PyPI on 17 October 2026 (30). 36 npm versions since 10 August 2026, with 14 since 18 September, and 32 `dsh-v` tags in the 90 days to 18 October in a clone of the repository (20). CONTRIBUTING.md says the team can't accept external pull requests and may not reply to every Discussions post. shields.io reads 0 issues and 0 pull requests, open or closed, which fits issues being turned off. The clone shows 22,395 commits since 10 June 2026, 8,645 of them merges, which says little about replies to users. Reply times in Discussions are unchecked (5). The Python SDK ships with each release, still as a pre-release (10). A CI workflow with a Node version matrix exists, with its current state unconfirmed (6).\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (34): Published on 31 October 2026, within 30 days, read as the last published change since no tag or release was found (30). One publication, so not three releases in 90 days (0). Issues, pull requests and Discussions couldn't be read, and the README frames the code as a reference prototype adapted from an internal version (0). No official SDK or registry entry (0). Exact dependency pins and a lockfile, but no CI workflow found, and the docs pin DSH 0.2.1-rc.3 (23 October 2026) while npm `latest` is 0.2.1-rc.5 (29 October 2026) (4).\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +20\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (60): Self-hosted rule, as for the other open-source harnesses. No payment protocol (0). The harness is free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card or account is needed for the software, and custom endpoints include self-hosted model servers (20). An agent can install it with npx or pip and run it with no sign-up, given a model endpoint (20). DeepSeek's API is a separate purchase.\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (40): Self-hosted rule, as for the other open-source harnesses. No payment protocol (0). Free under MIT with nothing to buy (20). No card for the software (20). An agent can't get started alone, because the setup needs a person to create a dedicated GitHub user account, accept the repository invitation and run `auth login` for the wrappers, which SETUP.md lists as operator steps. 0, as the other harnesses that need an account were read (0). The model provider is a separate purchase.\n\n### Reliability: DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +18\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (33): Local-package reading, graded on npm `latest` 0.2.0-rc.2, which the README's `npx @deepseek-ai/dsh` installs. Official npm package with Node 22.19+ and 24+ stated, and a Python wheel for Python 3.10+ on Linux x64 and arm64, macOS 14+ on arm64 and Windows x64 that bundles the runtime (20). A public CI workflow (.github/workflows/ci.yml) with a Node 22.19, 24 and 26 matrix, a separate real-API end-to-end workflow and 25 workflow files in the clone of 18 October, but run results couldn't be read, so whether it passes on master is unconfirmed (10). shields.io reads 0 open and 0 closed issues and 0 pull requests on 18 October. The README and CONTRIBUTING.md send bug reports to GitHub Discussions and refuse external pull requests, so issues are probably turned off, though the counts alone are ambiguous. Discussions couldn't be read, so crash reports and their handling are unchecked and scored absent (0). Alpha, next and latest dist-tags separate channels, but no changelog or breaking-change notes were found and the README warns generally of breaking changes (3). Developer preview, no 1.0 or stable release (0).\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (15): Local-package reading, since it runs as a DSH bundle on the operator's machine. Not published to npm (`private: true` in package.json, and the registry has no `dsh-superagent`). It installs from a git clone with `pnpm install \u0026\u0026 pnpm build` on top of `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.2.1-rc.3`, with Node 22.19+ or 24+, git 2.32+, Python 3.8+, tmux and gh 2.48+ stated, so half credit (10). A vitest suite of about 25 spec files is listed in docs/007, and `pnpm check` runs the typecheck, tests and build. Two spec files were read on raw.githubusercontent.com. No CI workflow was found at five common paths under .github/workflows, and the directory couldn't be listed (5). Open issues couldn't be read, because github.com and api.github.com weren't reachable from our network. Unchecked, so scored absent (0). Version 0.1.0 with no tag, release or changelog found, so no semver record (0). A research prototype, not stable (0).\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +16\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (77): Framework reading. `--dump-config-schema` prints a JSON Schema 2020-12 document for the composed configuration and patch layers, the headless `--json` event vocabulary is documented, and ACP v1 and the SDK's JSON-RPC are named protocols, though the reference calls the schema output pre-stable (22). llms.txt on the docs site, with a raw Markdown address for every page (10). Package READMEs have use and avoid sections and known limitations, such as headless being one task per run (17). Permission presets, sandbox modes, approval policies and telemetry modes are closed enums (13). Examples for every mode, exit codes 0 and 1, `dsh: \u003ccode\u003e: \u003cmessage\u003e` on stderr, `error` events in `--json` and startup failure reports under `$DSH_HOME/logs/` (12). Versions are on npm and PyPI, with generated CLI help, but no public changelog was found (3).\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (61): Framework reading, as for deepseek-harness. No OpenAPI or JSON Schema is published. docs/006 documents the Management API's routes, fields, block shapes and refusals in tables, and the code validates settings with zod (12). Markdown docs in the repository, readable raw, and a SETUP.md written for a coding agent. No llms.txt (5). Nine numbered documents read in order, each stating purpose, limits and what not to do, such as never rerunning the profile-creation command for an upgrade (17). Closed sets for accept mode (`off`, `observe`, `auto`), admission cells, Source states, health states and `listen` (12). A worked curl example, refusals as 400, 404, 409 and 500 with `issues`, `setup` or `code`, a troubleshooting table and status exit codes 0 to 3 (13). package.json says 0.1.0 and pins an `engines.dsh` range, but no changelog or tags were found (2).\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +7\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (40): Harness reading of the framework checklist, 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. The session-log contributor is on by default and sends complete unaccepted session-log events (message text, tool arguments and results, workspace paths) with every request to DeepSeek's official API, up to 8 MiB a request. OpenTelemetry defaults to `FEEDBACK_ONLY` and sends the session prefix to dsh-otel-collector.deepseeksvc.com after any feedback or rating. Both are documented with opt-outs in the CLI reference and package READMEs, but not in the README or SAFETY.md. Keys stay local (8). `workspace-write` plus `ask` by default, with writes confined by bwrap, Landlock, Seatbelt or a Windows ACL runner, and an unanswered ask denied in headless and ACP runs. Reads and network are not confined, `web_fetch` runs without approval (public destinations only), and the SDK's `sdk-minimal` profile pins `danger-full-access` with no approval service (13). SAFETY.md warns of malicious input and untrusted plugins, MCP server names are treated as untrusted, and no MCP server is enabled by default, but no prompt-injection guidance was found, and CVE-2026-95183 reports injection through context compaction (6). Local JSONL session logs record approval decisions as audit events (12). No SECURITY.md (none in a clone of 18 October either), no security.txt, no bug bounty, and OSV lists no advisory for `@deepseek-ai/dsh` or `deepseek-harness-sdk`. SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit, and six of the nine NVD records say the vendor did not respond to the reporter (1).\n- dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) (33): Harness reading of the framework checklist, 30 for what leaves the machine by default, 20 for approvals and sandboxing, 15 for prompt-injection posture, 15 for audit and 20 for the security programme. The `superagent` profile is created from DSH's Web template, and DSH documents that shipped profiles mount `session-log-deepseek`, enabled by default, which adds the session log to each official DeepSeek API request, up to 8 MiB. dsh-superagent's docs don't mention it, and its Sessions read issue, pull request and chat text and the repository. Setup and worker shells drop variables named KEY, PASSWORD, SECRET or TOKEN, and `GH_TOKEN` and `GITHUB_TOKEN` are removed from git (8). Both presets run `danger-full-access` without approval as the operator's OS user. docs/006 says the account wrappers don't isolate the process, a worker can run programs by path and read the operator's home directory, and recommends a dedicated OS account. The gate, `observe` default, blocked commands and no auto-merge as the agent account narrow what it does, not what it can do (6). docs/002 says messages, comments and quoted documents are inputs to a decision and can't change allowed lists, rules or Mandates, bots can never make explicit requests, and prompt edits don't change the gate. Workers with full access still read untrusted Thread text, and no further guidance on that was found (7). Decisions are recorded with reasons, Ticket details show the Trigger, Decision, scope and Policy version, the host records the prompt revisions each Session used, and every GitHub message starts with an automated-agent line by default (12). No SECURITY.md (404 at the root and in .github), no security.txt on www.deepseek.com (404), no bug bounty or advisory found. NVD has no record for the prototype. The CVEs against DSH itself are on the deepseek-harness listing (0).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 15 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 61 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +16 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 67 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 33 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +7 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 40 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 34 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +37 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 52 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **42.1 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | DeepSeek |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | API key | Token |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-31 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-20 |\n| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## How the scores have moved\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh)\n\n- +0.3 on 27 October 2026: checklist\n\n### dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)\n\nNo score change since it was listed.\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek Harness (dsh).** Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.\n\n**dsh-superagent (DeepSeek).** The authorization design is careful, with allowed lists, Mandates and a Policy enforced in code, proactive work only recorded by default and auto-merge off. Executors run every command without approval under the operator's OS user, and the README calls it a research prototype with no release, changelog or security policy.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh)\n\n1. Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request\n2. Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback\n3. Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run\n4. Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit\n5. Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes\n\n### dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)\n\n1. Run it under a dedicated OS account holding only the agent's credentials. Executors run commands without approval and can read the operator's home directory\n2. Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row of the `superagent` profile before using DeepSeek's official API on private code\n3. Keep the accept mode at `observe` and the allowed list short until the recorded Decisions look right\n4. Wait for `scripts/dsh-superagent status` to stop exiting 1 after any save that answers `restarting: true` before the next request\n5. Send `x-orchestrator-request: 1` and a loopback Host to the Management API, and send `revision` with each PUT, since a stale one gets 409\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) or dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)?\n\nDeepSeek Harness (dsh) scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against dsh-superagent (DeepSeek)'s 42.1 (E), and leads in every scored category.\n\n### Are DeepSeek Harness (dsh) and dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) open source?\n\nYes. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). dsh-superagent (DeepSeek) is open source (MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-deepseek-superagent.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-deepseek-superagent.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-harness\", \"b\": \"deepseek-superagent\"}`. 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