MIT-licensed DSH plugin that lets you shake the mouse, point at anything on screen and ask DeepSeek Harness about it, with the answer streaming into an in-place card and long runs continuing in a background pill.
DSH integration
Native runtime
Author-claimed
Safety audit
Unaudited
Last verified
2026-11-14
License
MIT
01What can it help you accomplish?
Ask DSH about whatever is on screen, without switching windows or copy-pasting
A streaming answer in a card right next to the pointed region — quick-answer or full-agent mode, follow-up turns or a fresh task, and model / thinking-effort switching on the card itself
People who keep DeepSeek Harness open all day and want the answer anchored to the exact thing they are looking at
Question one paragraph, one comment or one image inside a web page
DSH receives the pointed fragment plus the URL, page, author, time and link, and a right-click 「问 Pointy」 entry becomes available in the browser
Reviewers, researchers and support engineers reading docs, issues and threads in Chrome or Edge
Fire off a question and keep working while DSH answers
The card collapses into a pill in the bottom-right corner — blue dot while running, green dot when done — and one click puts the card back so you can keep asking
Developers who do not want a half-answered question to block the task in front of them
02How to install into DeepSeek Harness
Prerequisites
- Windows 10 / 11 (x64 or Arm) with the WebView2 runtime — the README notes Windows 11 ships it
- or macOS 12 or newer, on Apple silicon or Intel
- macOS only: Accessibility permission (to read pointed content and swallow the click) and Screen Recording permission for screenshots
Installation steps
- 01
In DSH open 「插件」 → 「添加插件」, enter `@pointylab/dsh` and click 「安装」
- 02
Or from a terminal: `dsh plugin --profile desktop add @pointylab/dsh` — use `--profile web` if you run the web build of DSH
$ dsh plugin --profile desktop add @pointylab/dsh
- 03
Do not restart DSH: the plugin carries Pointy.exe (Windows) / Pointy.app (macOS), launches it, and shuts it down together with DSH
Verify the integration
- After the plugin is enabled the whale icon appears in the tray (menu bar on macOS) and a short intro plays in the middle of the screen
- DSH does not install versions published less than a day ago, so right after a release you may have the previous version — click 「更新」 on the plugin page to move up, again without restarting
Rollback
- Delete Pointy in the DSH plugin panel, or run `dsh plugin --profile desktop remove @pointylab/dsh`
- Then close DSH: on exit Pointy deletes its runtime, settings and browser-extension pairing. If you uninstalled from the CLI while DSH was not running, delete `%USERPROFILE%\.pointy` and `%APPDATA%\pointy` (Windows) or `~/.pointy` and `~/Library/Application Support/pointy` (macOS) by hand
03DSH integration and capability boundaries
DSH plugin `@pointylab/dsh`: the plugin carries its own Pointy.exe / Pointy.app, launches it with DSH, and the two sides talk over an authenticated local `127.0.0.1` connection
Point-and-ask over three kinds of surface
a mouse shake plus a drag over the region you care about; `[` `]` or the scroll wheel resize the frame, right click or Esc cancels→the pointed text (or an in-memory screenshot for apps that expose no text) handed to DSH together with your question
only the region you point at and confirm is readscreenshots stay in memory and leave with the first questionIn-place answer card
your question only — the pointed content is already attached→a streaming answer in the card, a follow-up turn on the same conversation or a new task, with the model and thinking effort switched on the card
the pointed content and your question go to the local DSH and then to the model you configured in DSHBackground task pill
closing the card before the answer finishes→a pill in the bottom-right corner that keeps the run alive and restores the card on click
DSH keeps the task running in the background after the card is closedChrome / Edge browser extension
pointing inside a web page, or the right-click 「问 Pointy」 entry→the exact paragraph, comment or image plus the page URL, page title, author, time and link
the extension reads the page only when it is invokedyou must click 「允许」 in the popup before the extension may connect to PointyTray / menu-bar controls
the whale icon in the tray (macOS menu bar)→shake sensitivity, do-not-disturb, browser-extension install and quit
04Who is it for? When not to use it?
Good for
- People who keep DeepSeek Harness open all day and want the answer anchored to the exact thing they are looking at
- Reviewers, researchers and support engineers reading docs, issues and threads in Chrome or Edge
- Developers who do not want a half-answered question to block the task in front of them
Not for
- Desktop only: Windows 10 / 11 (x64 and Arm, WebView2 runtime required, shipped with Windows 11) or macOS 12 and newer on Apple silicon or Intel. There is no Linux build.
- On macOS you must grant Accessibility (to read pointed content and swallow the click during pointing) and Screen Recording (for screenshots) and then reopen DSH. On Windows, programs running with administrator rights cannot be read and Pointy says so when you point at one.
- Pointy is still in closed beta, so features and UI keep moving. DSH refuses versions published less than a day ago, and installations done with the older `github:pointylab/pointy#release` spec never receive update prompts — you have to uninstall and reinstall `@pointylab/dsh`, which deletes the old `~/.pointy/runtime` (settings are kept).
05Compatibility, maintenance and safety notes
- Desktop only: Windows 10 / 11 (x64 and Arm, WebView2 runtime required, shipped with Windows 11) or macOS 12 and newer on Apple silicon or Intel. There is no Linux build.
- On macOS you must grant Accessibility (to read pointed content and swallow the click during pointing) and Screen Recording (for screenshots) and then reopen DSH. On Windows, programs running with administrator rights cannot be read and Pointy says so when you point at one.
- Everything stays local: shake detection only reads the cursor position, only confirmed regions are read, screenshots live in memory, and Pointy itself does not go online — the plugin and the browser extension reach it over an authenticated loopback connection only. Sensitive windows (password managers, system login / authorization dialogs, banking and payment pages) never trigger pointing.
- Pointy is still in closed beta, so features and UI keep moving. DSH refuses versions published less than a day ago, and installations done with the older `github:pointylab/pointy#release` spec never receive update prompts — you have to uninstall and reinstall `@pointylab/dsh`, which deletes the old `~/.pointy/runtime` (settings are kept).
MIT (bundled whale art assets are CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) · README evidence only, latest release v0.5.1, no security audit
06Frequently asked questions
How do I install Pointy inside DeepSeek Harness?
Open 「插件」 → 「添加插件」 in DSH, enter `@pointylab/dsh` and click 「安装」; from a terminal the equivalent is `dsh plugin --profile desktop add @pointylab/dsh` (swap `desktop` for `web` on the web build). No DSH restart is needed — the plugin ships its own Pointy.exe / Pointy.app and launches it.
Which platforms and permissions does it need?
Windows 10 / 11 (x64 and Arm, with the WebView2 runtime that Windows 11 already ships) or macOS 12+. On macOS the first mouse shake asks for Accessibility and the first screenshot asks for Screen Recording; enable both under 「系统设置 → 隐私与安全性」 and reopen DSH.
Does Pointy send my screen anywhere?
No. Shake detection only reads the cursor position, only the region you point at and confirm is read, and screenshots stay in memory until they go out with your first question. The content and your question go to the local DSH and from there to the model you configured in DSH; Pointy itself does not go online, and the plugin and browser extension reach it only over an authenticated local `127.0.0.1` connection.
Why did DSH install an older version than the newest release?
DSH does not install versions published less than a day ago, so right after a release you may get the previous one — click 「更新」 on the plugin page to move up, again without restarting. Installs done with the old `github:pointylab/pointy#release` spec never get an update prompt: uninstall Pointy and reinstall `@pointylab/dsh`; settings are kept but the old `~/.pointy/runtime` is deleted.
What can't it read?
Programs running as administrator on Windows cannot be read (Pointy tells you when you point at one), and pointing is suppressed in password managers, system login / authorization dialogs and windows whose titles look like login, password, online banking or payment pages; full-screen games and presentations never trigger it. Granular paragraph / comment / image pointing inside a browser needs the Chrome or Edge extension — without it a web page is treated as an ordinary program.
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08Data and sources
**DeepSeek Harness 插件：晃一下鼠标，指住屏幕上的任何内容，直接问 DSH。**
**首次启用**：装完不用重启 DSH。Pointy 随插件安装，不用另外下载：Windows 上是插件里的 Pointy.exe，macOS 上是 Pointy.app。
Pointy、DSH 插件和浏览器扩展之间只通过本机 `127.0.0.1` 通信，连接需要认证；浏览器扩展需要你在弹窗中点「允许」才能连接。
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