Why this plugin

DSH models can advertise different reasoning-effort levels. This plugin keeps the composer to two small pills—model and effort—and opens the exact advertised levels in a compact slider only when you need it. It does not invent unsupported capabilities or change provider routing.

• Model-aware: uses only the levels reported by the selected model.
• Efficient: dragging is local preview; DSH receives one selection on release.
• Native: separates model selection from a 28 px effort pill and follows DSH tokens and contracts.
• Accessible: keyboard input works and reduced-motion disables animation.
• Private: no credentials, account access, telemetry, or plugin-owned network calls.

Three modes, one plugin

Choose the presentation in Settings -> General -> Reasoning control:

Mode	Behavior
Official	Restores DSH's unmodified model selector
Native	Adds a quiet effort pill with a compact popover slider
Energy	Adds a brief Canvas effect while dragging and settling

The plugin market remains the place to install, update, disable, or remove the plugin. The setting changes presentation without installing duplicate plugins.

Install

From an existing DSH installation:

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-native-reasoning-slider

Then restart DSH. DSH-Portable users can run the same plugin command through their bundled dsh executable. This plugin is tested against the latest DSH release shown in the package metadata.

Update or uninstall:

dsh plugin --profile web update dsh-native-reasoning-slider
dsh plugin --profile web remove dsh-native-reasoning-slider

Behavior and limits

• The selected effort applies through DSH's normal model-selection contract.
• Models with fewer than two advertised effort levels keep the standard model selector and show no artificial slider choices.
• Energy rendering runs only during interaction and a short settle period. It stops when idle and honors the operating system's reduced-motion preference.
• This plugin does not show DeepSeek balance or quota. Account-specific balance access belongs in a separate plugin with explicit permissions and failure UI.

This community project is not affiliated with or endorsed by DeepSeek.

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