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2026-08-20 14:59
DeepSeek Harness: Quick Start, Four Modes, and Plugin Boundaries
DeepSeek Harness is an open-source environment for assembling a coding agent from replaceable parts: the model, tools, skills, session, sandbox, storage, agent loop, scheduling, and UI. DeepSeek labels it a Developer Preview, so the sensible first goal is one observable run in an isolated folder—not an immediate rollout across a production repository.
DeepSeek summarizes the design as Agent = Mod...