Foreword¶

In DSH’s plugin system, model reasoning capabilities can be supplemented through plugins. For third-party models in llm-pi-ai, if a model entry does not declare reasoningEfforts, default effort levels need to be added, and DSH effort levels should be mapped to gateway values, for example, high maps to ultra.

hytime/dsh-thinking-effort is a DSH plugin that provides a configuration layer for this purpose: it supplements configurable thinking effort levels for these models and sets the default thinking effort for sub-agents.

What This Is¶

The repository path is hytime/dsh-thinking-effort, the npm package name is @hytime/dsh-thinking-effort, the repository owner is hytime, and the license is MIT. It is aimed at DSH users who need to manually configure reasoning effort for llm-pi-ai models.

Core Features¶

• Adds default off, high, and max effort levels for models that do not declare reasoningEfforts, without overwriting custom values.
• Allows selecting reasoning effort levels per model in DSH Settings and configuring corresponding gateway values.
• Maps DSH effort levels to gateway values, for example, high maps to ultra.
• Sets the default thinking effort for sub-agent requests, which only applies if the request does not explicitly specify one.
• Includes Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean setting dictionaries; Japanese/Korean switching requires DSH core locale support.
• Displays a watermark of the installed plugin version in the bottom-right corner of the settings page.

Installation and Enabling¶

Use the official DSH CLI to manage plugin profiles. A standard npm install will not register the DSH profile bundle.

dsh plugin --profile <profile> add @hytime/dsh-thinking-effort

The above command adds the plugin to the specified DSH profile. Host changes require restarting DSH; settings and locale changes take effect in the browser, and you may need to refresh the page if necessary.

Typical Usage¶

1. Open Settings → Model capabilities and effort in DSH.
2. On Stock DSH, you can use Page language to select 中文 or English; 日本語 and 한국어 require DSH core locale support.
3. In the Subagent default effort card, select the default effort level for sub-agents and click Apply.
4. Use Quick settings to apply the official DeepSeek or general presets for all models, or expand provider/model for detailed configuration.
5. Select the reasoning effort level and fill in the precise gateway value.

6. Return to Composer, select a model, and use its reasoning effort selector.

Applicable Scenarios and Notes¶

This plugin is suitable for the following situations:

• Using llm-pi-ai to connect third-party models;
• The model does not declare reasoningEfforts, and reasoning effort levels need to be supplemented per model;
• Mapping DSH effort levels to gateway values;
• Setting a default thinking effort for sub-agents while preserving explicitly requested values.

Notes before use:

• llm-pi-ai exposes seven standard effort levels: off, minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, and max.
• Non-off levels require a gateway value; an empty off value indicates omitting the parameter.
• The selected sub-agent effort level must be supported by the target model, otherwise the gateway may return UNSUPPORTED_REASONING_EFFORT.
• Both off and unset effort levels may omit the reasoning field; whether thinking is disabled depends on the gateway protocol.
• Version 0.1.8 includes Japanese and Korean dictionaries, but the current official DSH only exposes zh and en via LocaleRuntime; selecting ja or ko natively in DSH will fail.
• Modifying only this plugin cannot extend DSH’s global locale list.
• The plugin runs with the permissions of the current dsh process; review the source code and license before installation.

Reference Links¶

GitHub repository:

https://github.com/hytime/dsh-thinking-effort

Directory page clue (not confirmed in this material):

https://www.skillhub.cn/plugins/hytime/dsh-thinking-effort