dsh-genui

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-genui

dsh-genui

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Turn DeepSeek Harness replies from a wall of text into an interface you can actually click.

You ask the AI to run a calculation and get back a formula. You ask it to file a request and get eight Markdown bullets. You ask about last week's traffic and get numbers lined up as plain text.

Nothing is wrong — but you still do the work yourself: copy, paste, do the math in your head, then type another message saying "I'll take the second one."

dsh-genui is a plugin for DeepSeek Harness (DSH). Install it, ask the same questions, and the answer grows a real interface: calculator keys you can press, dropdowns you can pick from, charts with actual axes. Whatever you click or fill in flows back into the conversation, and the AI picks up from there.

One command to install. No changes to DSH source.

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Three real examples

All three screenshots are from a live DSH session — not mockups.

"Generate a calculator"

Digits, operators, parentheses, backspace, clear — every key works. That 666 was typed on the keypad, not written into the text by the model.

"Generate a form"

One sentence produces a full project proposal form: required-field validation, radio group, dropdown, headcount stepper, date picker, toggle, checkboxes, long text.

Hit Submit and your answers go back into the conversation, so the AI can rank the priority, draft a schedule, or write the proposal for you.

"Show the last 7 days of traffic as a line chart"

Two series, legend, axes, gridlines — a rendered chart, not ASCII art.

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Before and after

Situation · Plain chat · With dsh-genui

You need a tool · The AI hands you code to run yourself · The tool appears in the reply, usable right away

Collecting input · "Please provide the following 8 items", typed one by one · One form: pick, fill, submit

Reading data · Text tables, trends left to imagination · Lines, bars, pies — the trend is obvious

Making a choice · You reply "option B" · Click a button, the choice carries into the next turn

Setup cost · — · One dsh plugin add, no source changes

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What you can ask for

Just talk normally. You never write JSON or learn a syntax. Each category below includes a prompt you can copy as-is.

Data: charts

Bar, line, pie, ring, radar, gauge, funnel, scatter, waterfall, and other common chart types.

"Chart revenue for the last three quarters as bars, and mark year-over-year growth"

"Show the order split by channel as a pie chart"

"Build a conversion funnel: 100k impressions, 8k clicks, 600 orders, 520 payments"

Good for weekly reports, retros, review decks, and anytime you'd rather not open a spreadsheet.

Input: forms

Text fields, textareas, dropdowns, radios, checkboxes, toggles, number steppers, date pickers, search boxes, transfer lists. Submitted values return to the conversation automatically.

"Make a time-off request form with leave type, start and end date, days, and reason"

"Build a survey asking which features people use most and how satisfied they are"

"Give me a customer intake form, phone number required"

Much nicer than being interrogated over eight turns — fill it in once and you're done.

Tools: little apps

The fun category. One sentence, and the AI builds you something that actually works.

"Generate a calculator"

"Make a BMI calculator — enter height and weight, get the result"

"Build a currency converter between USD and CNY"

"Give me a to-do list for today with checkboxes"

"Make a raffle picker for the team, I'll paste the names next"

Structure: tables, lists, layout

Tables (with paging and search), tree views, timelines, breadcrumbs, tabs, collapsible panels, cards, carousels, tooltips.

"Put these options in a comparison table: price, timeline, risk"

"Lay out the project milestones on a timeline"

"Split the frontend, backend, and QA schedules into tabs"

Flow: multi-turn interaction

Interactions travel back to the model, so you can build "you click, I continue" flows.

"Give me three options as cards — expand whichever one I click"

"Walk me through a setup wizard, then generate the config file"

"Quiz me with five multiple-choice questions and grade my answers"

One more thing

When you're not sure what to ask for, just say "answer me with an interface" and let the AI decide whether a chart, a table, or a form fits best.

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Install

Prerequisites

• Node.js installed
• pnpm installed (DSH uses it to manage plugins). If you don't have it, run corepack enable or npm i -g pnpm, then open a new terminal and check that pnpm -v prints a version
• DSH 0.2.2 or newer, before 0.3 (dsh --version reports 0.2.2-rc.1 or a later 0.2 release)
• DSH running: npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web, default at http://127.0.0.1:3080

Option 1: let the AI install it (easiest if you avoid the terminal)

The DSH assistant can run shell commands. Open a conversation and tell it:

Install the dsh-genui plugin from npm into the web profile: run dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-genui

It will run the command in front of you, possibly asking you to approve it. Then follow the restart steps below.

Option 2: run it yourself

In a new terminal:

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-genui

This pulls from the public npm registry — no npm account, no cloning the repo.

Restart afterwards (don't skip this)

DSH locks in its plugin set at startup, so nothing changes in the UI until you restart.

1. Go back to the terminal running DSH and press Ctrl+C

2. Start i

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