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How to vet an ecosystem plugin before you install it with DeepSeek Harness Handbook

Check an Awesome resource's source, permissions, and rollback path before installing it.

Credentials. Never give a community plugin your API keys or workspace credentials until you have read what it requests and how it stores them.

Who it is forA developer who found a DeepSeek Harness plugin or skill in the Awesome resource map and wants to adopt it safely.

The problemCommunity entries are discovery leads, so installing one without checking its permissions or credentials can expose a workspace.

The outcomeA go or no-go decision with the permissions, credential needs, and rollback path written down first.

What you need first

  • A DeepSeek Harness setup you run yourself
  • Browser access to the handbook site and its GitHub pages
  • The exact DSH version and source revision you are running

Steps

  1. Open the Awesome resource map at https://sandbaseai.github.io/deepseek-harness-handbook/awesome-deepseek-harness-resources.html and find the entry you want.
  2. Follow the entry's source link and read what permissions and credentials it asks for.
  3. Confirm the rollback path the entry documents before you install anything.
  4. Check the handbook's Awesome resource guide at docs/en/ecosystem/awesome-resources.md for the agent boundary it names for that resource.
  5. Install only in a setup you can reset, and record the source revision you tested.

Prompt for your agent

Using the sandbaseai/deepseek-harness-handbook Awesome resource map, review the entry named <resource name>. Follow its source link and report the permissions, credentials, and rollback path it requires. Output a go or no-go recommendation and one permission you would refuse to grant.

Caveat. The handbook says each Awesome entry is an Agent-oriented discovery lead, not a compatibility or security endorsement, so the final check is yours.

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