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dsh-skill-remote
Verified · install-tested on dsh CSY656
What it does
Remote skills.sh/GitHub skill provider and installer for DeepSeek Harness — install any skill with one prompt.
Works — verified, early-stage project
Remote skills.sh/GitHub skill provider and installer for DeepSeek Harness — install any skill with one prompt. It installs cleanly and boots without issues in our testing. It's early-stage but functional.
“Verified” means our automated CI actually ran dsh plugin add in a clean profile and it booted — nothing more. Feature descriptions and version compatibility are the author’s claims. This is not a security audit and not an endorsement of third-party code.
README
dsh-skill-remote
Remote skill source for DeepSeek Harness: discover and install skills from skills.sh and public GitHub repositories, directly from your agent.
- A remote skill provider (
ctx.skills): candidates discovered fromskills.sh/github.comURLs appear in the session skill catalog beside local skills; bodies load on demand. - An
install_skilltool for the model: downloads a skill bundle atomically into$DSH_HOME/skills/<name>/, where the built-in filesystem provider takes it over 锟斤拷 no restart needed.
Zero configuration: with no remotes configured and no installs, the plugin performs no network I/O.
Install
Requires the DeepSeek Harness next line (dsh 锟斤拷 0.1.0-rc.6, which ships dsh-skill 0.1.0-rc.6). From GitHub (sources; pnpm builds via prepare):
dsh plugin --profile default add github:you/dsh-skill-remote
pnpm 锟斤拷 10 asks you to allow the build 锟斤拷 add the printed package key to the profile's pnpm-workspace.yaml:
allowBuilds:
dsh-skill-remote: true
Then re-run the add. (Treat the allowance as permission to run this package's build on your machine; pin a commit if you prefer: github:you/dsh-skill-remote#<sha>.)
From npm (prebuilt, no build permission needed):
dsh plugin --profile default add dsh-skill-remote
Usage
Say to the agent:
Install the skill at https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx
The model calls install_skill, and the skill becomes available through the skill tool immediately. You can also pre-register read-only remote sources:
# profile cordis.patch.yml
- update:
- id: skill-remote
config:
remotes:
- https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx
Supported URL shapes: https://www.skills.sh/<owner>/<repo>/<skill>, https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/tree/<ref>/<subpath>, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<owner>/<repo>/<ref>/<subpath>/<file>.
Safety limits (hard-coded)
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Single file | 1 MiB |
| Whole bundle | 8 MiB |
| File count | 64 |
| Recursion depth | 4 |
| Request timeout | 30 s |
Path escape (.., /, \ in entry names) |
rejected |
| Symlinks / submodules | skipped |
Installs are atomic: the bundle downloads into a sibling staging directory and is renamed into place only after it validates (SKILL.md present); any failure removes the staging directory. Public repositories only 锟斤拷 no token is read, stored, or sent.
Configuration
interface Config {
providerName?: string // default 'remote'
remotes?: string[] // URLs pre-registered at startup
installRoot?: string // default $DSH_HOME/skills
}
Known limitations
- Public repositories only 锟斤拷 no OAuth/private repos; unauthenticated GitHub API rate limits (60 req/h per IP) apply.
- Direct-children discovery only 锟斤拷 like the built-in filesystem provider, remote sources are not scanned recursively.
- No version pinning 锟斤拷 every load fetches the current ref tip; installation is the only persistence.
Contributing to the ecosystem
- The repository is tagged with the
dsh-plugintopic 锟斤拷 browse other plugins and add yours. - Found a bug or want a feature? Open an issue or PR; tests run with
pnpm install && pnpm test. - The behavior ported here comes from CsyCode chapter 11's remote skill installer.
License
MIT
Install
Install the catalog once, then DeepSeek Harness can find and install any plugin from this site automatically:
dsh plugin add dshbase-catalog Then say "install dsh-skill-remote for me" — your agent finds it in the directory and installs it. Docs: dshbase-catalog · verified packs.
This plugin is GitHub source (not published to npm) — install it straight from the repo:
Web profile:
dsh plugin --profile web add github:CSY656/dsh-skill-remote Headless (CLI) profile:
dsh plugin --profile headless add github:CSY656/dsh-skill-remote Test report
Verified: L1 install + L2 load + L3 runtime from GitHub source on dsh 0.1.0-rc.6.
When to use it
Extend the agent's coding surface — give it a new tool, workflow, or integration so it handles a dev task it couldn't before.
Who it's for
Developers who want dsh to behave like a teammate on real codebases — editing, running, and verifying changes rather than just answering.
For developers — extending it
The tool/command surface is the seam: expose more of the SDK, add smarter context wiring, or tighten the loop between code changes and verification.