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dsh-web-search-brave
Verified · install-tested on dsh cnChenKai
What it does
Brave Search-backed WebSearchProvider for DeepSeek Harness (ctx.web)
Works — verified, early-stage project
Brave Search-backed WebSearchProvider for DeepSeek Harness (ctx.web) 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-web-search-brave
A Brave Search-backed search provider for the DeepSeek Harness web capability seam (ctx.web): it makes the built-in web_search tool run on Brave's Search Web API instead of the shipped DeepSeek route.
Features
- Clean snippets -
text_decorationsdefaults to false so snippets stay free of<b>highlight markers. - Dates -
page_age(ISO 8601) maps to the seam'spublishedAt; human-readableageis ignored. - Keyed only - Brave has no keyless mode; free tier: 2,000 queries/month at api.search.brave.com.
Install
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-web-search-brave
Set your API key in DSH's credential store (recommended) or export it in the environment that starts dsh web:
# ~/.dsh/.credentials.yaml
BRAVE_API_KEY: BSA...
Select the provider (the bundle patch does this automatically; to switch manually):
# your profile's cordis.patch.yml
- id: web
name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-web'
config:
searchProvider: brave
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-web-search-brave 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:cnChenKai/dsh-web-search-braveHeadless (CLI) profile:
dsh plugin --profile headless add github:cnChenKai/dsh-web-search-braveTest report
Verified: L1 install + L2 load + L3 runtime from GitHub source on dsh 0.1.0-rc.6.
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