DeepSeek Harness Plugin Template

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A self-contained standalone repository template for an ESM Cordis plugin. Every source file, compiler setting, test fixture, contributor instruction, skill, and build helper used by the repository is inside this directory; every development input resolves below this repository root.

Normal npm dependencies are resolved from the package registry. A DSH host is a runtime consumer of the finished package, not a source or build input.

Repository layout

.
├── .oxlintrc.json                 # Type-aware Oxlint configuration
├── .agents/skills/               # Repository-local plugin development workflow
│   ├── dsh-plugin-development/   # End-to-end coordinator
│   └── dsh-plugin-*/             # Plan, scaffold, implement, compose, test, release
├── docs/
│   └── dsh-plugin-contracts.md   # Shared local contract for all plugin skills
├── patches/
│   └── README.md                 # Dependency and DSH-host patch contract
├── scripts/
│   ├── extract-patch.mjs         # Config-driven host patch regeneration (see patches/README.md)
│   └── patch.sh                  # Idempotent host patch application
├── src/
│   ├── README.md                 # Growth rules for services and feature modules
│   ├── config.ts                 # Serializable schema and resolved defaults
│   ├── index.ts                  # Loader-facing function-plugin namespace
│   ├── invariant.ts              # Package-owned invariant companion
│   └── runtime.ts                # Fakeable host boundary and Cordis activation
├── tests/
│   ├── README.md                 # Harness, feature-test, and snapshot conventions
│   ├── harness.ts                # Shared real-Cordis test mount
│   ├── plugin.spec.ts            # Loader export and activation tests
│   └── snapshots/
│       └── README.md             # Optional product-visible fixture contract
├── .gitignore                    # Generated artifact exclusions
├── AGENTS.md                     # Repository-local contributor rules
├── LICENSE                       # Template license
├── README.md                     # Repository and usage contract
├── cordis.patch.yml              # Profile bundle contribution
├── package.json                  # Exports, peers, dsh.bundle.patch
├── pnpm-lock.yaml                # Reproducible registry dependency graph
├── pnpm-workspace.yaml           # Package-manager and optional patch policy
├── tsconfig.json                 # Compiler and type-aware lint project
├── tsdown.config.ts              # Direct source-to-runtime/declaration build
└── vitest.config.ts              # Test runner configuration

Scalable source and test structure

A package may be host-only, client-only, or split across host and browser faces. Keep Loader metadata, configuration, runtime/service boundaries, browser behavior, shared contracts, and tests in the owners appropriate to the package; the template does not require every plugin to copy one fixed directory layout.

The template's sample skeleton still uses src/index.ts, src/config.ts, src/runtime.ts, src/invariant.ts, tests/harness.ts, and tests/plugin.spec.ts; retain those owners when they fit the package, and document any deliberate replacement. Stable product-visible expected output belongs under the package's actual snapshot owner. Dependency and DSH-host patches use the optional patches/ contract when needed.

Create your plugin

1. Replace package identity in package.json, the Loader owner, configuration/runtime/invariant owners, focused test owners, bundle metadata, TypeScript metadata, README.md, and AGENTS.md as applicable. The sample skeleton names these owners explicitly; a deliberate replacement must update the package's local documentation and static-analysis configuration too.
2. Replace the template package name @your-scope/dsh-plugin-template and plugin ids only in those identity owners. Do not perform a global replacement inside .agents/skills/; its generic examples and marker checks must remain reusable.
3. Update description, LICENSE, and cordis.patch.yml.
4. Add only the DSH host services used by the implementation to the package contract and composition patch. Keep source and build dependencies resolvable from this repository's node_modules; host-provided runtime APIs remain consumer-supplied peers.
5. Replace the empty invariant installer when the package owns an authoritative event or mutable data relationship.
6. Implement activation and host-boundary behavior in the actual runtime/service owners, moving cohesive capabilities into project-specific modules as needed. Keep src/index.ts limited to Loader metadata and public re-exports when that matches the package, and scope registrations through ctx.effect(), ctx.on(), or registry disposers.
7. Keep every source, compiler, documentation, and project-reference path inside this repository. Describe files from the project root, for example docs/dsh-plugin-contracts.md. Do not add local-path link: or file: dependencies.
8. Set private to false only when the package's public dependencies and distribution artifacts are ready.

Do not add a default export to a function plugin. Cordis Loader unwraps exports.default ?? exports; a stray default export discards namespace exports such as inject, Config, and apply.

Bundled development skills

DSH discovers the repository-local workflow under .agents/skills/. Start with dsh-plugin-development for the complete sequence, or invoke one stage directly:

Skill	Purpose
dsh-plugin-plan	Decide plugin form, dependencies, configuration, invariant, composition, and evidence.
dsh-plugin-scaffold	Instantiate and baseline-verify a new repository from this template.
dsh-plugin-implement	Implement lifecycle-safe Cordis behavior, metadata, docs, and invariants.
dsh-plugin-compose	Install the bundle into an isolated profile and prove effective activation.
dsh-plugin-test	Verify Loader exports, behavior, disposal, composition, snapshots, and artifacts.
dsh-plugin-release	Check local, Git, or npm distribution readiness without publishing implicitly.

Keep these directories when copying the template so future sessions rooted in the plugin repository retain the same workflow.

Independent development

Run every command from this directory:

pnpm install
pnpm run lint
pnpm test
pnpm run build

lint runs Oxlint with type-aware analysis and denies warnings for the configured source and test projects. build runs the configured source-to-artifact pipeline, including any declaration assembly or final artifact verifier owned by the package, and emits ready-to-pack output; it does not run an install-time lifecycle build.

The release artifact is built from the configured source owners before packing. Profile or consumer installation uses the ready-made lib/ output and does not run prepare; pnpm pack --dry-run --json verifies the final archive contents.

CI

Two GitHub Actions workflows ship with the template:

• .github/workflows/ci.yml — every push to main and every pull request: install with the frozen lockfile, Oxlint static analysis, tests, and build.
• .github/workflows/release.yml — every push to main: runs Oxlint, tests, builds, packs the ready-made tarball (pnpm pack), and follows the repository's configured GitHub Release policy.

Profile activation

The package manifest declares the bundle patch:

{
  "dsh": {
    "bundle": {
      "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml"
    }
  }
}

A DSH host may install this package into a profile and apply cordis.patch.yml over its own runtime composition. That host integration is intentionally outside this repository's build and test inputs. The patch composes plugins; it does not alter host source, compiler settings, build scripts, or catalogs.

The invariant companion uses a narrow local interface for the host's invariants service. This keeps the package build independent of the host's private source package while preserving the runtime registration used by a DSH profile.

Plugin forms

This template demonstrates a function plugin and therefore named exports:

// src/index.ts
export const name = 'plugin-template'
export const inject: string[] = []
export { Config } from './config.ts'
export { apply } from './runtime.ts'

// src/config.ts
export interface Config { /* serializable fields */ }
export const Config: z<Config> = z.object({ /* validation and defaults */ })

// src/runtime.ts
export function apply(ctx: Context, config: Config): void { /* effects */ }

A service provider instead normally default-exports its Service subclass. Do not mix the two forms.

Distribution checks

Before considering packed or GitHub Release distribution, build and inspect the final archive:

pnpm run lint
pnpm test
pnpm run build
pnpm pack --dry-run --json

The final package must contain every runtime and declaration file named by main, types, exports, and files. Keep private: true until the package's DSH host peers are available through the selected distribution channel.

Testing guidance

The included test proves Loader-safe ESM exports and schema-resolved activation. Replace the activation assertions with observable behavior and disposal assertions for every registry contribution. Product-visible plugins should add a real Loader/profile composition test in the consuming DSH application rather than relying only on hand-mounted unit tests.