dsh-standing-rules

A DeepSeek Harness plugin that appends the rules from AGENTS.md to every incoming user message as a reminder.

• Each incoming user message gets one reminder message right after it, so the model reads the rules next to the latest message.
• Reminder messages stay in the conversation history and accumulate as the conversation grows.
• Reads the rules file when the reminder is built; edits take effect on the next message.
• Adds no tools, commands, or UI.

Install

Install from the Plugins page by searching for dsh-standing-rules, or with the CLI:

dsh plugin --profile <profile> add dsh-standing-rules

By default the plugin reads $DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md (usually ~/.dsh/AGENTS.md).

Configuration

Field	Default	Meaning
file	''	Absolute path to the rules file, or a path starting with ~. Empty means $DSH_HOME/AGENTS.md.

- id: standing-rules
  name: dsh-standing-rules
  config:
    file: '~/notes/rules.md'

Behavior

• Every incoming user message, including a task message delegated to a subagent, gets one reminder message appended right after it.
• The reminder is a user-role message with a <system-reminder> frame containing the file verbatim; a literal </system-reminder> inside the file is escaped.
• The file is read once per incoming message. A missing default file adds no reminder; an explicitly configured file that cannot be read fails the request.
• Each reminder stays in the conversation history and costs its input tokens on every later request. Long conversations accumulate copies by design.

Compatibility

Tested on DeepSeek Harness 0.2.1-rc.3 and Node 24.21.0. Requires dsh >=0.2.0-rc.2 || >=0.2.1-rc.2 and Node ^22.19.0 || >=24.0.0.

Uninstall

Remove the bundle from the Plugins page, or:

dsh plugin --profile <profile> remove dsh-standing-rules

License

MIT