MIT-licensed desktop pet for the DeepSeek Harness Web UI, installed via `dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet` — 51 chained animations, screen roaming, click/drag, zero LLM cost, plus a DIY asset pipeline to create your own pet.
DSH integration
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Author-claimed
Safety audit
Unaudited
Last verified
2026-08-21
License
MIT
01What can it help you accomplish?
Add an animated desktop pet companion to the DeepSeek Harness Web UI
A pet that breathes while idle, plays 51 chained transparent animations by probability, roams the screen without walking off it, reacts to clicks and can be dragged anywhere
DeepSeek Harness (dsh) web users who want a zero-cost companion on their dashboard
Generate your own custom desktop pet from AI-generated videos
A reproducible pipeline: 51 prompt recipes → green-screen videos → Python/ffmpeg asset chain → transparent webm animations → installable plugin
Creators who want to build and ship their own pet character with custom roles, actions and styles
02How to install into DeepSeek Harness
Prerequisites
- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) installed with the `web` profile — the pet lives in the DSH Web interface
- For the DIY asset pipeline only: Python 3 + ffmpeg + numpy + scipy
Installation steps
- 01
Run `dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet`
$ dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet
- 02
Restart `dsh web` — the pet appears in the bottom-right corner
$ dsh web
Verify the integration
Not specified by the author
03DSH integration and capability boundaries
Installed into DeepSeek Harness via the dsh plugin CLI (`dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet`) and renders an animated desktop pet inside the DSH Web UI
Probabilistic animation chain
51 transparent 640×360 webm animations bundled with the plugin→Endless chained playback: each animation picks the next by probability — 30% idle / 10% turn / 40% action / 20% move — with double-buffered crossfade and no blank frames
Screen roaming & interaction
the DSH Web page the plugin runs in→the pet walks in its facing direction (checking space first, never leaving the screen), responds to clicks with an animation, and can be dragged anywhere; all animations can mirror left/right and stay ground-aligned
DIY pet asset pipeline
AI-generated 16:9 green-screen videos following the bundled prompt recipes→transparent webm animations normalized to a unified standing pose, packaged into an installable plugin via `dsh plugin --profile web add file:<path>`
the asset-chain Python scripts write intermediate files into step01/–step04/ directories and run ffmpeg for transcoding
04Who is it for? When not to use it?
Good for
- DeepSeek Harness (dsh) web users who want a zero-cost companion on their dashboard
- Creators who want to build and ship their own pet character with custom roles, actions and styles
05Compatibility, maintenance and safety notes
- Updates are temporarily slowed while the author optimizes asset quality (background removal); the existing npm `dsh-pet` version remains installable and issues are still answered.
- The pet targets the DeepSeek Harness Web profile only — it is installed with `--profile web` and renders inside the DSH Web interface.
- The plugin package ships 51 playback animations (~36MB of 640×360 webm), and reproducing the asset chain additionally requires downloading 51 source mp4s from the releases page.
MIT · updates temporarily slowed (author is optimizing asset quality; existing version still installable)
06Frequently asked questions
How do I install dsh-pet in DeepSeek Harness?
Run `dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet`, then restart `dsh web` — the pet appears in the bottom-right corner of the web UI. It's a regular dsh plugin installed through the plugin CLI, not an MCP server.
Does the pet cost tokens or call any API?
No. It's a pure companion: no weather, no system monitoring, no agent-status awareness — zero core changes (it doesn't touch the DSH kernel) and zero model cost, since no LLM or API is called at runtime.
What do I need to build my own pet?
The repo ships a three-piece kit: 51 prompt recipes, a Python 3 + ffmpeg + numpy + scipy asset chain that converts green-screen videos into transparent webm animations, and the plugin itself. Source videos can be downloaded from the `assets-videos` release, and the finished plugin is installed with `dsh plugin --profile web add file:<path>`.
Any limitations I should know about?
The pet runs in the DSH Web profile only, the plugin package includes ~36MB of 51 animations, and updates are temporarily slowed while the author optimizes asset quality — the existing npm version remains installable and issues are still answered.
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08Data and sources
一只住在 [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) Web 界面里的桌面宠物：待机呼吸、随机动作（含打瞌睡）、偶尔转向、屏幕漫游、点击反应、可拖拽…
```sh dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pet ``` 重启 `dsh web`，宠物出现在右下角。
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