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dsh-spec-gate
Verified · install-tested on dsh boomzikazita
What it does
Specification gate plugin for DeepSeek Harness: Socratic interview (ambiguity scoring) + immutable Seed locking + pre-delivery acceptance gate
Works — verified, early-stage project
Specification gate plugin for DeepSeek Harness: Socratic interview (ambiguity scoring) + immutable Seed locking + pre-delivery acceptance gate It installs cleanly and boots without issues in our testing. It's early-stage but functional.
“Verified” means our automated CI actually ran dsh plugin add in a clean profile and it booted — nothing more. Feature descriptions and version compatibility are the author’s claims. This is not a security audit and not an endorsement of third-party code.
README
dsh-spec-gate
Specification gate plugin for DeepSeek Harness (dsh). Turns vague requirements into locked, verifiable specifications before work begins — and refuses to hand over deliverables that don't meet them.
Borrows two ideas from Ouroboros, adapted for content production (writing / analysis / reports):
- Interview gate: vague request → Socratic questioning to expose hidden assumptions → ambiguity score (converged at ≤ 0.2 before proceeding)
- Acceptance gate: before delivery, mechanically check the draft against the locked Seed (keyword coverage, hard constraints, word count) + semantic alignment hint for the agent
Pairs with dsh-cybernetics: acceptance failures are written to the events log and feed the cybernetic feedback loop.
Tools
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
spec_interview_assess |
Ambiguity scoring: judge 8 dimensions (audience / purpose / format / data / scope / tone / acceptance / deadline) as clear / assumed / missing; returns score + questions to ask |
spec_seed_build |
Lock an immutable Seed (goal / dimensions / acceptance criteria / constraints) after the interview converges; hash-keyed, never overwritten |
spec_gate_evaluate |
Pre-delivery acceptance: mechanical checks against the Seed + AC coverage hints; fails closed |
Install
dsh plugin --profile web add github:boomzikazita/dsh-spec-gate
Configure
# cordis.patch.yml (or the plugin's own bundle patch)
- insert:
- id: spec-gate
name: 'dsh-spec-gate'
config:
seedsDir: '~/.dsh/spec-gate/seeds'
eventsLog: '~/.dsh/spec-gate/events.jsonl'
convergeThreshold: 0.2
hardGate: false # block write/edit before a Seed exists (default off)
Usage Flow
- Vague request arrives → run
spec_interview_assess→ clarify missing dimensions until score ≤ 0.2 - Lock the spec:
spec_seed_build→ returnsseed_id - Produce the deliverable
- Verify:
spec_gate_evaluate(draft, seed_id)→ only hand over on pass
License
MIT
Install
Install the catalog once, then DeepSeek Harness can find and install any plugin from this site automatically:
dsh plugin add dshbase-catalogThen say "install dsh-spec-gate for me" — your agent finds it in the directory and installs it. Docs: dshbase-catalog · verified packs.
This plugin is GitHub source (not published to npm) — install it straight from the repo:
Web profile:
dsh plugin --profile web add github:boomzikazita/dsh-spec-gateHeadless (CLI) profile:
dsh plugin --profile headless add github:boomzikazita/dsh-spec-gateTest report
Verified: L1 install + L2 load + L3 runtime from GitHub source on dsh 0.1.0-rc.6.
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