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GitHub: https://github.com/Lixxx1/dsh-vscode
Bring DeepSeek Harness into the place where you already write, run, and review code.
DSH Sidebar gives you a project-aware assistant in the VS Code right sidebar, with an experience familiar to Claude Code and Codex. Ask DeepSeek to inspect a repository, change files, run tools, and verify the result without leaving your editor.
✨ What you can do
- Autonomous VS Code debugging. Let DeepSeek launch the current project from
.vscode/launch.json, manage breakpoints, step through execution, and inspect stack frames and local variables using VS Code's native debugger.
- Work with the official DSH runtime. Sessions, streaming responses, tool calls, approvals, and follow-up questions stay inside VS Code.
- Bring in editor context. The active file and selected code can travel with your prompt. Use
@file or @folder to add more context.
- Control each session. Switch Permission and Plan modes, choose Model and Reasoning Effort, and steer a task while it is running.
- Review edits natively. Open changes in VS Code's Diff Editor, then Keep or safely Revert them. DSH stops before overwriting a file with unsaved editor changes.
- Extend DSH from the sidebar. Discover and manage Tools, Skills, MCP integrations, Memory, and Agent Hooks loaded by DSH.
📦 Before you start
DSH Sidebar runs the official DeepSeek Harness CLI on your machine. Install it first:
npm install -g @deepseek-ai/dsh
You need VS Code 1.100 or newer and Node.js ^22.19 or >=24.
🚀 Get started
- Open a trusted project folder in VS Code.
- Select DeepSeek Harness in the right sidebar. If it is hidden, find it under Other Views.
- Select the key button and enter your
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY.
- Choose a Permission mode, Model, and Reasoning Effort, then send your first task.
Use the Shield menu for Permission and Plan modes, / for official DSH commands, @ for files and folders, and the plugins button to manage runtime extensions.
Autonomous debugging
Enable DeepSeek Harness: Autonomous Debugging in VS Code Settings and add a debug configuration to .vscode/launch.json.
DeepSeek can then start the debugger, set breakpoints, step through execution, inspect runtime values, fix the code, and verify the result directly from the sidebar.
Requires DeepSeek Harness 0.1.2-rc.1 or a compatible newer release. Tested with 0.1.5-rc.1.
💬 Feedback
If something feels awkward or you have an idea for the next feature, come say hi in GitHub Issues. PRs are welcome too!
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