dsh-web-search

Multi-provider web search for DeepSeek Harness. It registers Baidu, Doubao, Tavily, Exa, and Serper backends into ctx.web. The model-facing web_search / web_fetch tools stay the official @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web schema.
Compatible with DeepSeek Harness 0.1.0-rc.7.
> Installing a plugin runs third-party code in the harness process with your permissions. Review the source before you install.
Install
From npm:
dsh plugin --profile web add @yugasun/dsh-web-searchFrom a clone of this monorepo (relative paths resolve against the profile directory, not your cwd — use $PWD. After a link: install the plugin resolves @deepseek-ai/* from the DSH profile / install, so repo node_modules is not required to boot):
dsh plugin --profile web add "$PWD/packages/dsh-web-search"
dsh plugin --profile desktop add "$PWD/packages/dsh-web-search"Restart dsh web. Settings has a Web search page. Turn Custom search off to keep DSH built-in web_search (deepseek-official) and web_fetch (http); turn it on to use Baidu / Doubao / Tavily / Exa / Serper. Page extract is independent: auto follows Tavily/Exa search, or pin Tavily Extract, Exa Contents, or DSH http.

From Git (subdirectory):
dsh plugin --profile web add github:yugasun/dsh-plugins#path:packages/dsh-web-searchUninstall:
dsh plugin --profile web remove @yugasun/dsh-web-searchProviders
| Id | Backend | Key | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
baidu | Qianfan web search POST /v2/ai_search/web_search (default) or intelligent search POST /v2/ai_search/chat/completions | BAIDU_API_KEY or QIANFAN_API_KEY | Default ordinary search returns titles, links, and snippets (faster, no model). Switch to AI search in Settings for a model summary; that path is slower, and knowledge-style queries often have no references — the plugin then recovers https?:// URLs from the summary when it can. |
doubao | Doubao Search Custom POST /search_api/web_search (default) or Global POST /search_api/global_search | DOUBAO_API_KEY or DOUBAO_SEARCH_API_KEY | Create the key at the Doubao Search console. Custom is better for Chinese results; Global covers international pages. An old Ark endpoint in settings is remapped automatically. |
tavily | Tavily Search POST /search and Extract POST /extract | TAVILY_API_KEY | LLM-oriented snippets plus an optional answer. Available as a web_fetch backend. |
exa | Exa Search POST /search and Contents POST /contents | EXA_API_KEY | Search returns links only (no answer). Default provider id is exa; change exaProviderId if the official @deepseek-ai/dsh-web-search-exa is also installed. Available as a web_fetch backend. |
serper | Serper Google Search POST /search | SERPER_API_KEY | Organic titles, links, and snippets. An answer box or knowledge-graph description is returned as content when present. Optional serperGl / serperHl set country and language. Not a web_fetch backend. |
Keys are read in this order: plugin settings (~/.dsh/settings.yaml), DSH credentials (TAVILY_API_KEY and friends), then the launch environment / ~/.dsh/.env. Settings secrets are never echoed back to the client. Clear in Settings, or emptying the field, unsets that key from the YAML document. A export TAVILY_API_KEY=… inside an agent bash tool does not reach the harness process.
Selection
Installing the plugin can retarget official web_search at this package's facade id dsh-web-search. Settings → Web search has a Custom search switch:
- Off:
web_searchuses DSH built-indeepseek-official;web_fetchuseshttp - On (default): pick the search backend below
- Auto (default): first configured backend in order Baidu → Doubao → Tavily → Exa → Serper. If that request fails with a recoverable error, the next configured backend is tried and the harness log records which one was skipped. An explicit backend does not fail over. - Explicit: Baidu / Doubao / Tavily / Exa / Serper
- Page extract (independent of search)
- Auto (default): Tavily Extract or Exa Contents when that search backend is active; otherwise DSH built-in http - Built-in HTTP / Tavily / Exa: pin web_fetch regardless of which search backend is active
- Each backend card has Test connection, which runs a one-result
web_searchagainst that vendor. Status "configured" still means a key is present; the probe tells you whether the key works.
Develop
pnpm --filter @yugasun/dsh-web-search test
pnpm --filter @yugasun/dsh-web-search buildLicense
[MIT](LICENSE)