Curated agent presets — persona + tool wiring — for the everything-is-a-plugin harness from DeepSeek. Copy, review, install. No marketplace lock-in, just files.
DSH ships breaking changes during developer preview. Each preset here is re-checked against a pinned dsh version — the badge says exactly which one.
Every preset is two YAML files, rendered in full on its page. You see the persona, the mounted tools, and the disabled ones — before installing.
New presets arrive as pull requests — reviewed like code, versioned like code. No accounts, no lock-in, fork the whole catalog if you like.
From zero to a custom agent in three steps.
Node.js 18+ is all you need — dsh runs straight from npm and opens a local web UI.
npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web # UI at http://127.0.0.1:3080Every preset page here has a one-line installer. It places two YAML files into $DSH_HOME/.agent-presets/<name>/.
Open a new session in dsh and pick your preset from the picker. Presets are session-level snapshots — edits apply to the next session, never the running one.
Guides and field notes — written against a real dsh install, not a press release.
DSH is the new open-source challenger; Claude Code is the polished incumbent. An honest comparison of philosophy, model lock-in, extensibility, maturity, and cost.
DeepSeek open-sourced its agent harness in August 2026 and the ecosystem exploded. What DSH actually is, how the everything-is-a-plugin architecture works under the hood, and where presets fit in.
A hands-on walkthrough of the dsh preset format, matched line-for-line to the official built-in presets — persona rows, tool packages, groups, and how to verify it works.
Start with the practical introduction, then grab a preset and make it yours.
Read the beginner's guide