dsh-thinking-notifier

A DeepSeek Harness (DSH) plugin that shows a small always-on-top desktop popup in the bottom-right corner of your screen. It mirrors the AI's thinking status in real time and alerts you when the AI requests permission or finishes thinking — even when you are working in other apps, browsers, or virtual desktops.

中文说明见 README.zh.md

Features

State	Popup	Sound
AI is thinking	DeepSeek-blue pulsing dot + AI 正在思考… + elapsed time. Auto-collapses to a slim right-edge tab after 5 s; hover or click the tab to expand it again	none
AI requests permission	Amber pulsing dot + AI 请求权限 + session/tool name	system Exclamation
AI finished thinking	Green dot + AI 已完成思考, auto-hides after 12 s	system Asterisk
Idle	Hidden	none

• DeepSeek-style dark card (#1E2235 / #4D6BFE).
• Always-on-top frameless window, bottom-right, visible over any application.
• Auto-collapses into a slim right-edge tab after 5 s while the AI is thinking, so it stays visible without blocking desktop controls.
• Hover or click the edge tab to expand it manually; new turns, permission requests, and completions expand it automatically.
• Click the X button to dismiss the current popup; the next new turn, permission request, or completion will show it again.
• Multiple sessions are summarized automatically.
• The popup process stays alive while DSH runs; it exits ~15 s after the status endpoint becomes unreachable.
• No browser extension required; the popup is a native desktop window.

How it works

DSH process
  └─ lib/index.js (host plugin)
       ├─ listens to session/event: turn/start, turn/end, approval/asked, approval/decided, session/title
       ├─ rebuilds existing session state from ctx.sessions.list() at startup
       ├─ serves a local status JSON at http://127.0.0.1:7389/status
       └─ launches the desktop popup process
             ├─ Windows: desktop-popup.ps1 (PowerShell + WPF)
             └─ macOS/Linux: desktop-popup.py (Python 3 + tkinter)

Desktop popup
  ├─ polls /status every second
  ├─ renders the DeepSeek-style card (running/pending/done/idle)
  ├─ plays a system sound on pending/done transitions
  ├─ auto-collapses to the right edge while running; expands on new states
  └─ hides while idle, keeps running in the background

Installation

From a local checkout

cd dsh-thinking-notifier
dsh plugin --profile web add .

# Restart DSH web so the host plugin is loaded
dsh web

From npm (once published)

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-thinking-notifier
dsh web

Uninstall

dsh plugin --profile web remove dsh-thinking-notifier

Configuration

Environment variable	Default	Description
DSH_THINKING_NOTIFIER_PORT	7389	Local status server port. If busy, the next 10 ports are tried.

Requirements

• DeepSeek Harness Web UI (dsh web)
• Node.js ^22.19.0 || >=24.0.0
• Windows: Windows 10/11 with PowerShell 5.1+ (built in)
• macOS/Linux: Python 3 with tkinter

Project structure

dsh-thinking-notifier/
├── lib/
│   └── index.js          # host plugin: status service + popup launcher
├── desktop-popup.ps1     # Windows native popup (PowerShell + WPF)
├── desktop-popup.py      # macOS/Linux native popup (Python 3 + tkinter)
├── cordis.patch.yml      # DSH bundle patch for persistent mounting
├── package.json          # npm package + dsh.bundle declaration
├── README.md             # English readme
├── README.zh.md          # Chinese readme
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
└── LICENSE

Troubleshooting

Debug logs are written to:

• ~/.dsh/tn-plugin.log — host plugin lifecycle and launcher status.
• ~/.dsh/tn-launcher.log — PID of the popup process created by the launcher.
• ~/.dsh/tn-popup-debug.log — popup script lifecycle and polling errors.

If the popup does not appear after restarting dsh web, check those logs first.

License

MIT