dsh-hot-plugin-host
Runtime plugin loading for DeepSeek Harness Web — no restarts.
The DSH loader tree is composed at boot, so adding a static client plugin (a UI panel, a widget, a dashboard) normally requires restarting dsh web. This plugin fixes that: it watches a hot directory and installs/updates client plugin bundles at runtime on every open page.
write a bundle → ~/.dsh/hot-plugins/<id>/client.js
↓ (host polls every 1.5s)
/ hot-plugins/list + SSE events + bundle serving
↓ (browser half)
fetch → __ModuleLoader__.load → loader.create (full cordis fiber lifecycle)
↓
the plugin goes live on every open page — no restart, no refresh
Updates work the same way (overwrite the file → invalidate + live refresh). Delete the directory → the plugin disappears on next page load.
Install
# from this repo
mkdir -p ~/.dsh/profiles/web/node_modules
ln -s "$PWD" ~/.dsh/profiles/web/node_modules/dsh-hot-plugin-host
# add "dsh-hot-plugin-host" to dsh.profile.bundles in
# ~/.dsh/profiles/web/package.json
Then restart dsh web once (the host itself is a boot plugin). From then on, every future plugin ships through the hot dir with zero restarts.
npm: dsh-hot-plugin-host (once published)
Usage
Drop a bundle into the hot directory:
mkdir -p ~/.dsh/hot-plugins/my-widget
cp examples/demo-widget/client.js ~/.dsh/hot-plugins/my-widget/
# within ~1.5s it is live on every open page
A hot bundle is the same __ModuleLoader__.load format as a boot bundle:
window.__ModuleLoader__.load({
id: "my-widget", // must equal the directory name
factory: (require) => {
// require() only modules in the client table: react, react/jsx-runtime,
// @deepseek-ai/dsh-client-runtime/client, ...
const inject = ["sessions", "slots", "locale"];
function apply(ctx) { /* full plugin powers: ctx.slots.register(...) */ }
exports.apply = apply;
exports.inject = inject;
return module.exports;
}
});
- id:
[A-Za-z0-9@._-], single path segment, no /
- routes:
GET /hot-plugins/list, GET /hot-plugins/events (SSE), GET /hot-plugins/<id>/client.js
- hot dir:
DSH_HOT_PLUGINS env override, default ~/.dsh/hot-plugins (auto-created)
Examples
Security
The hot directory is a trust boundary, equivalent to the boot bundles list (a hot plugin gets full client-side service access). Local development machines only — never point it at untrusted content.
How it works
- Host half (
lib/index.js): registers /hot-plugins routes on ctx.webServer (list / SSE / bundle), polls the hot dir (mtime+size → rev), broadcasts change events.
- Browser half (
lib/client.js): injects loader; reconciles on connect (list), subscribes to SSE, fetches changed bundles, executes them via the standard module loader, then mounts them with loader.create — the exact mechanism the official dsh-cordis-client-runner uses for dynamic packages, giving hot plugins the full fiber lifecycle (activation gating, effect cleanup, status projection).
Related
- dsh-market — the community plugin market UI inside DSH (browse/search/one-click install)
- awesome-dsh-plugin — the curated registry this project is listed in
MIT