dsh-mcp-adapter

Use MCP servers with DeepSeek Harness without burning the context window.

One mcp proxy tool. Lazy server start. On-demand search / describe / call. Configure from the Web /mcp menu.

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Why this exists

DeepSeek Harness already ships @deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client. That client connects at startup and registers every advertised MCP tool as a native mcp__<server>__<tool> function. Schema cost is paid on every request.

This adapter follows the pi-mcp-adapter contract instead:

• one mcp proxy tool instead of hundreds of schemas
• lazy server start
• on-demand search / describe / call
• standard .mcp.json discovery, plus a Web /mcp menu that can write the project file
• optional directTools promotion for hot-path tools
• metadata cache so search works before a live connect

It is an independent plugin. It is not affiliated with DeepSeek AI.

Do not mount this adapter and @deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client against the same servers. They would double-connect and fight over names.

Install

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-mcp-adapter

Restart dsh web and hard-refresh the browser. The package is dual-face: the Host half registers tools and commands; the Web client half adds the /mcp popup and MCP tool cards.

There is no MCP form under Settings → Plugins. Official plugin settings are an allowlist; out-of-tree plugins cannot register a card there. Configuration happens in the /mcp menu or in JSON files.

Web UI (primary)

In Chat, type /mcp:

Menu	What it does
Status / Sources / Prompts	Inspect state
DeepWiki, Context7, Notion, GitHub, Chrome DevTools	One-click add to project .mcp.json
server · Connect / Authorize	Connect, or open the OAuth browser flow
server · Disable / Remove	Confirm, then stop or delete

Custom server (also writes .mcp.json and reloads in-process):

/mcp add docs url=https://mcp.example.com/mcp
/mcp add fs command=npx args=-y,@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem,/tmp

Then ask the model to mcp({ search: "screenshot" }). Tool cards use the same DisclosureRow / StateDot / SearchBlock chrome as first-party Skill and Tool rows. approveTools uses the Chat Ask dialog.

File config (shared / power user)

Preferred project file is still .mcp.json if you want the same servers in Cursor or other hosts:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chrome-devtools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "chrome-devtools-mcp@1.6.0"]
    }
  }
}

File	Purpose
~/.config/mcp/mcp.json	User-global shared MCP config
~/.agents/mcp.json	User-global tool-agnostic MCP config
~/.agents/mcp/mcp.json	User-global tool-agnostic MCP config
.mcp.json	Project-local shared MCP config (Web add/remove writes here)
$DSH_HOME/mcp.json	dsh global override (~/.dsh/mcp.json by default)
.dsh/mcp.json	dsh project override

Later files win. /mcp disable and /mcp enable write only the disabled field to .dsh/mcp.json. They never copy credentials.

Host-specific configs (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Windsurf, VS Code) are detected by dsh-mcp-adapter init and /mcp list. They are not loaded unless you set settings.hostConfigDiscovery to "on" or list them in imports.

{
  "imports": ["cursor"],
  "settings": {
    "hostConfigDiscovery": "off",
    "toolPrefix": "server",
    "idleTimeout": 10
  },
  "mcpServers": {}
}

Server options

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "some-mcp-server"],
      "lifecycle": "lazy",
      "idleTimeout": 10,
      "requestTimeoutMs": 30000,
      "directTools": ["search"],
      "includeTools": ["search", "get_*"],
      "excludeTools": ["admin_*"],
      "searchKeywords": {
        "search": ["find", "lookup"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Field	Meaning
lifecycle	lazy (default), eager, keep-alive, lazy-keep-alive
idleTimeout	Minutes before an idle lazy server is closed (default 10, 0 disables)
directTools	true or a name list — register those tools as native dsh tools
url / headers / bearerToken / bearerTokenEnv	Streamable HTTP; SSE fallback on 404/405
auth / oauth	"oauth" or "bearer"; OAuth tokens go in the OS credential store
socket	rmcp-mux Unix-domain socket (mutually exclusive with command / url)
approveTools	true or globs — Chat Ask before those tools run
disabled	Keep the entry visible but do not connect

Model tools

mcp({ search: "screenshot" })
mcp({ describe: "chrome-devtools_take_screenshot" })
mcp({ tool: "chrome-devtools_take_screenshot", args: { format: "png" } })
mcp({ connect: "chrome-devtools" })
mcp({ action: "auth-start", server: "notion" })
mcp({ action: "auth-complete", server: "notion", args: { redirectUrl: "http://localhost:.../callback?code=..." } })
mcp({ prompt: "create_plan", server: "agent-board", args: "harden retry policy" })

args can be a JSON object or a JSON string. mcpScript can loop / search / call several MCP tools in one JavaScript request.

Human commands

/mcp
/mcp status
/mcp list
/mcp json
/mcp setup
/mcp prompts
/mcp add-preset <deepwiki|context7|notion|github|chrome-devtools>
/mcp add <name> url=<url>
/mcp add <name> command=<cmd> [args=a,b] [auth=oauth]
/mcp connect <server>
/mcp auth <server>
/mcp enable <server>
/mcp disable <server>
/mcp remove <server>

CLI

dsh-mcp-adapter init
dsh-mcp-adapter status

Status

Piece	0.6.3
mcp proxy + lazy lifecycle + metadata cache	yes
Web /mcp configure / connect / auth	yes
Web cards (DisclosureRow / SearchBlock)	yes
Web Ask for approveTools	yes
OAuth, prompts, mcpScript, Agent Plugins, sockets	yes
Settings → Plugins form	no (host allowlist)
elicitation / sampling / MCP UI apps	not in dsh host yet

License

MIT

Inspired by pi-mcp-adapter (MIT). See NOTICE.

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中文

给 DeepSeek Harness 用的 MCP 适配器：一个代理工具，按需搜索 / 描述 / 调用，不把每个 MCP schema 塞进上下文。

配置入口是 Web 的 /mcp，不是 Settings。 官方插件设置页不允许外部插件挂表单。

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-mcp-adapter

重启 dsh web，硬刷新，在输入框敲 /mcp：

• 一键添加 DeepWiki / Context7 / Notion / GitHub / Chrome DevTools（写入项目 .mcp.json，立刻生效）
• 对已有 server：连接、授权、停用、移除
• 自定义：/mcp add docs url=https://… 或 /mcp add fs command=npx args=-y,pkg

然后让模型 mcp({ search: "screenshot" })。卡片和官方 Skill / Tool 行同一套 DisclosureRow / StateDot / SearchBlock。

也可以继续用手写 .mcp.json / ~/.config/mcp/mcp.json，和其他 MCP 宿主共用。不要和 @deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client 挂同一批 server。