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Why

DeepSeek moved to peak/off-peak (tidal) API pricing effective 2026-08-17 (Beijing time):

Period	Hours (Beijing)	Output price vs. before
Peak	09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00	up to 4.5×
Off-peak	everything else	half of peak

New per-million-token rates (¥):

Model	Item	Peak	Off-peak
V4 Flash	input (cache miss)	3	1.5
	output	9	4.5
	input (cache hit)	0.1	0.05
V4 Pro	input (cache miss)	9	4.5
	output	27	13.5
	input (cache hit)	0.3	0.15

If you mostly run long tasks with DeepSeek V4 Flash, sending them at 10:00 costs 3× more than sending them at 19:00. OffPeak makes sure you notice that before you press send — not after.

What it does

While your current model is DeepSeek V4 Flash / Pro and the Beijing clock is inside a peak window, pressing Enter (or clicking send) in the composer intercepts the message before it is sent. The text stays in the input box and a dialog appears:

• Current price card — peak vs. off-peak per-million-token rates for the model in use
• Continue — sends the message now, through the normal composer path (draft clearing, queue, notices all intact)
• Schedule — opens a time wheel with only off-peak hours (0–8, 18–23); past times are removed, and after 23:00 the wheel rolls into the next day's 0–8; minutes run 00–59. The command text and time are recorded, and the local server automatically submits the command to the original session when the time arrives — no browser needed at that moment
• Don't remind me today — no more popups until the next Beijing midnight
• ✕ — close without sending; the draft stays in the input box

Running commands are never interrupted: if a task crosses into a peak window mid-execution, nothing pops up — the reminder appears on your next command inside peak hours.

Install

Requires the web profile (dsh web).

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-offpeak

Manual install (no pnpm needed):

1. Copy the package into the shared plugin directory:

   • Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.dsh\profiles\node_modules\dsh-offpeak
   • macOS / Linux: ~/.dsh/profiles/node_modules/dsh-offpeak

2. Append to $DSH_HOME/profiles/web/cordis.patch.yml:

   - insert:
       - id: offpeak
         name: 'dsh-offpeak'
         config:
           effectiveFrom: '2026-08-17'
           debug: false
   

3. Restart dsh web.

The plugin is dormant before effectiveFrom (2026-08-17 — the day tidal pricing starts). Set it to today's date to try it out sooner.

How it works

peak hours (Beijing 09:00–12:00 / 14:00–18:00), model = V4 Flash/Pro
        │
user presses Enter / clicks send ──► composer intercepts (client-side)
        │                                message stays in the input box
        ▼
   ┌─ dialog ─────────────────────────┐
   │ prices · command preview         │
   │ [Continue]         [Schedule]    │
   │ ☐ Don't remind me today          │
   └──────────────────────────────────┘
        │                                │
   Continue                        Schedule
        │                                │
        ▼                                ▼
 native composer submit          POST /ds-offpeak/schedule
 (message sent normally)         { text, atMs, sessionId }
                                   draft cleared
                                           │
                                server timer fires at atMs
                                           ▼
                              session.prompt → original session
                              (works with the browser closed)

• The interception is client-side: a capture-phase listener watches Enter on the composer textarea and clicks on the send button, checking a locally-computed Beijing clock plus the latest server state (peak windows, model, "don't remind today").
• IME-safe: Enter during Chinese/Japanese composition (isComposing) is never intercepted.
• Server-side fallback: if a message reaches the host through a non-intercepted path during peak, the session-event listener raises a non-blocking reminder instead.
• Peak/off-peak judgment uses Asia/Shanghai wall-clock time regardless of the machine's timezone.

Configuration

Key	Default	Meaning
effectiveFrom	"2026-08-17"	Tidal-pricing start date (Beijing); plugin is dormant before it
debug	false	Bypass effectiveFrom; enables /ds-offpeak/debug-remind
peakWindows	09:00–12:00, 14:00–18:00	Peak windows in minutes ({ start, end }), overridable
profile	auto (web)	Profile that owns the state file

Routes

Method	Path	Purpose
GET	/ds-offpeak/state	Status: peak? model, price table, pending reminder, wheel options, tasks
POST	/ds-offpeak/ack	Acknowledge a fallback reminder
POST	/ds-offpeak/dismiss	Don't remind today
POST	/ds-offpeak/schedule	{ text, atMs, sessionId } — record a scheduled execution
POST	/ds-offpeak/cancel	{ id } — cancel a task
POST	/ds-offpeak/execute	{ id } — run a task immediately
POST	/ds-offpeak/debug-remind	Simulate a peak command (debug only)

All writes accept same-origin POSTs only. State and tasks persist in $DSH_HOME/profiles/<profile>/offpeak.json.

Security & privacy

• Interception happens locally in the browser; a message is never sent anywhere except through the normal composer path when you choose Continue.
• Scheduled commands are stored locally and re-submitted to the same session by the local server.
• Prices are hardcoded from the official announcement; no network calls, no telemetry.

FAQ

Why does the hour wheel skip 12–14? 12:00–14:00 is technically off-peak, but it sits between the two peak windows. OffPeak plays it safe and only offers clearly-safe hours (0–8, 18–23).

Does it block subagent / queued messages? No — only the composer's own send gesture is intercepted.

What if I close the dialog? Nothing is sent; the draft stays in the input box.

Multiple tabs? Each tab intercepts independently; "don't remind today" is server-side and shared.

Development

src/index.js     server half — peak detection, fallback reminder, scheduler, persistence
client/client.js browser half — interception, dialog, time wheel (zero-dependency DOM)

node --check src/index.js && node --check client/client.js

License

MIT © christophersmith2737