# AI use cases for Workdsh (techflag/workdsh)

Repo: [techflag/workdsh](https://github.com/techflag/workdsh) | Use cases: 4 | Page: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/

WorkDSH is a desktop workspace, modeled on WorkBuddy, for managing projects, files, experts, skills and connectors locally, extended through DeepSeek Harness plugins.

This file holds every use case of this repo. Each one starts with a "## " heading and ends with its URL.

- Build a personal workbench for a recurring project: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/build-personal-project-workbench/
- Attach local files to project tasks for AI work: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/reference-local-files-in-project-tasks/
- Share AI analysis with company colleagues: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/share-ai-analysis-with-colleagues/
- Build a company plugin that calls internal APIs with member login: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/build-company-business-plugin-with-reused-login/

## How to build a personal workbench for a recurring project with Workdsh

Repo: [techflag/workdsh](https://github.com/techflag/workdsh) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 30 minutes | Basis: From the README

Describe a long-term goal and let the native AI set up a project workspace you keep using.

**Who it is for:** A person with a recurring goal, such as planning several trips, who wants one place for plans, budgets and checklists.

**The problem:** Plans, budgets and to-do lists for a long-term goal end up scattered across chats, notes and spreadsheets.

**The outcome:** A project workspace with its own instructions, plans, tasks and material that you can keep returning to.

### Steps

1. Download the Desktop app from the WorkDSH release page.
2. Open the app and choose personal use.
3. Create a project for the goal and describe what you need in the AI conversation.
4. Confirm the scope the AI proposes so it builds the workbench.
5. Add your files and tasks to the project and keep using the workbench over time.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
Using the WorkDSH repo at techflag/workdsh, describe the goal <your goal> to the native AI and have it build a project workbench. Expected output: a project with instructions, tasks and checklist for that goal. Verify that the project appears in the sidebar and reopens after restarting the app.
```

### Caveat

The README shows the travel example as a demonstration, so results for other goals depend on how clearly you describe the scope.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/build-personal-project-workbench/

## How to attach local files to project tasks for AI work with Workdsh

Repo: [techflag/workdsh](https://github.com/techflag/workdsh) | Difficulty: Beginner | Time: 30 minutes | Basis: From the README

Put your existing documents in the library and reference them from project tasks.

**Who it is for:** A person with existing documents on their computer who wants the AI to work from those files inside a project.

**The problem:** AI tools work poorly when you must copy files in by hand, and it is hard to track which version of a file was used.

**The outcome:** Local files indexed in the library, searchable and previewable, and referenced by project tasks with their revision.

### Steps

1. Open the library in WorkDSH Desktop.
2. Add the local files you already have to the library.
3. Search and preview the files to confirm they are the right versions.
4. Open a project and create a task that references the material.
5. Review the task result and keep editing the deliverable in the supported editor.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
Using the WorkDSH repo at techflag/workdsh, add the local files in <folder path> to the library and reference them from a project task. Expected output: a task that lists the referenced files and their revision. Verify that the task still points to the same revision after you edit a file.
```

### Caveat

Preview, editing and export fidelity differ by file format, and the README says end-to-end validation of document references is ongoing during Alpha.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/reference-local-files-in-project-tasks/

## How to share AI analysis with company colleagues with Workdsh

Repo: [techflag/workdsh](https://github.com/techflag/workdsh) | Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 45 minutes | Basis: From the README

Install Enterprise Connection to send analysis text and files to colleagues with @ mentions.

**Who it is for:** An employee at a company using WorkDSH Enterprise Desktop who needs to pass AI analysis to teammates.

**The problem:** AI results stay in one person's chat, so colleagues must ask for them again or receive copies by hand.

**The outcome:** Colleagues receive shared analysis text and files, visible in Collaboration on both sides.

### Steps

1. Download the Enterprise Connection plugin file from the release page.
2. In WorkDSH, open Plugins, choose Add plugin and enter the full path of the downloaded file.
3. Install and activate the plugin, then open Settings and choose Enterprise account.
4. Sign in with your company address and account.
5. Select colleagues with @ in a conversation, share the analysis, then check Collaboration for received and sent shares.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
Using the WorkDSH repo at techflag/workdsh, install the Enterprise Connection plugin and sign in with the company account <company address>. Expected output: a share of analysis text and files to <colleague name>. Verify that the share appears under sent items in Collaboration and under received items for the colleague.
```

### Caveat

The Enterprise Connection plugin is not listed in a plugin marketplace, so you must install it from the downloaded file path, and personal mode does not activate collaboration.

Risk, credentials: Signing in with your company account gives the Desktop app access to company collaboration, so only sign in on a computer you control and do not paste the account password into chats or issues.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/share-ai-analysis-with-colleagues/

## How to build a company plugin that calls internal APIs with member login with Workdsh

Repo: [techflag/workdsh](https://github.com/techflag/workdsh) | Difficulty: Advanced | Time: 120 minutes | Basis: From the README

Write a Host plugin that uses workdshEnterprise to call your company backend without handling tokens.

**Who it is for:** A developer at a company running WorkDSH Enterprise Desktop who needs an internal plugin that reads business data for signed-in employees.

**The problem:** Each internal plugin would otherwise need its own login flow and token handling, which is slow to build and risky to get wrong.

**The outcome:** A Host plugin that reads the current member identity and calls a business endpoint on the company backend under that member's login.

### Steps

1. Install and activate Enterprise Connection, then sign in to the company account in Desktop.
2. Write the Host entry for your plugin so it injects workdshEnterprise and does not run in the browser page.
3. Call identity() to get the current member, then call request() with the plugin name, operation, method and body.
4. Implement the matching business endpoint and its authorization on the company backend, without another login flow.
5. Read the integration guide to package the type dependency and check request restrictions before shipping.

### Prompt to paste into your agent

```text
Using the WorkDSH repo at techflag/workdsh, write a Host plugin named <plugin name> that injects workdshEnterprise and calls the business operation <operation> on the company backend. Expected output: a plugin entry that returns the member identity and the list response. Verify that the request reaches the POST endpoint under /api/extensions/ and that the backend rejects members without permission.
```

### Caveat

The README's example requires Desktop 2.0.6-alpha.3 and Enterprise Connection 0.1.0-alpha.2, and workdsh-contracts is not a published public npm SDK, so you must package its type dependency yourself.

Disclaimer: Third-party repos we don't own or vouch for. AI-generated use cases can be wrong: review everything and run at your own risk. Full text: https://dedupedai.com/disclaimer/

URL: https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/techflag-workdsh/build-company-business-plugin-with-reused-login/