DeepSeek Harness Guide
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Standard, Code, Minimal, Creator

The four official DeepSeek Harness modes, restated without the marketing layer.

Aug 14, 2026DSH Field KitDSH Field Kit

Official DSH is a Cordis plugin kernel. A mode is a preset.

  • Standard — full coding agent.
  • Code — Standard + TypeScript orchestration of tool calls.
  • Minimal — bash + str_replace_editor, for benches.
  • Creator — inspect and recompose the runtime. In-memory plugins currently die on restart.

Longer write-up: Modes.