Preface

The design philosophy of DeepSeek Harness (DSH) is “everything is a plugin.” When integrating realtime voice/video APIs, developers usually face two pain points: first, manually pasting an API Key into the conversation is a security risk and requires reconfiguration for each session; second, when calling the API directly, the model may unintentionally trigger credit-consuming operations, and they cannot be tracked. The dsh-realtimeavatar plugin encapsulates Realtime Avatar capabilities as native Harness primitives: the API Key is held and resolved by Harness, documentation is converted into on-demand skills, API calls are wrapped through tools, and a /rta command guides developers through the process from having no key to establishing a call.

What Is This

dsh-realtimeavatar is a plugin for DeepSeek Harness that enables voice or video calls with realtime AI characters. The plugin is maintained by theinfluencecompany and categorized as “Fun Dress-Up.”

The plugin is positioned as follows:
* Secure Credential Custody: Harness holds the API key, and it is not visible to the model.
* Knowledge Base as Skills: Converts 14 public documentation pages into skills that can be loaded on demand.
* Tool-based Encapsulation: Exposes functionality through 18 REST API tools named rta_*.
* Zero Dependencies: Does not rely on any runtime libraries.

Core Features

The plugin provides the following verified capabilities:

  1. Realtime Calls: Supports voice/video calls with realtime AI characters.
  2. Status and Balance Queries: Provides rta_status to check key status and credit limits, and rta_balance to view available and reserved credits.
  3. Resource Management: Provides rta_avatars to list workspace avatars, rta_avatar_create to create an avatar, and rta_session_mint to create a call session.
  4. Documentation Support: Provides rta_docs to retrieve documentation.

Installation and Enabling

The current materials do not explicitly provide specific installation commands. According to the package.json information, the plugin includes files such as lib, skills, cordis.patch.yml, README.md, and LICENSE.

It can usually be installed through the plugin directory or the GitHub repository. Before use, review the source code and license (MIT).

Typical Usage

Developers can interact with the plugin through the following steps:

  1. Getting Started: Use the /rta command to get started.
  2. Check Status: Run rta_status to check key configuration, credits, and availability.
  3. Manage Assets: Run rta_avatars to list workspace avatars, or use rta_assets to list uploaded image assets (used to create avatars).
  4. Create a Call: Run rta_session_mint to create a call session.
  5. Create an Avatar: Use rta_avatar_create to create an avatar from image assets.

Use Cases and Notes

  • Approval Mechanism: Write operations are enabled by default but require approval; any operation that consumes credits always asks for approval. If you need to completely prohibit writes, set readOnly:true in the configuration.
  • Idempotency Control: For retry operations, you must use Idempotency-Key to prevent duplicate execution.
  • Network and Security: transcriptWebhook must be configured with the HTTPS protocol.
  • Session Limits: Call duration is limited by the maxSessionSeconds setting.

In Short

dsh-realtimeavatar reduces the complexity of managing realtime call APIs for developers by encapsulating credentials, documentation, and API tools within Harness, and provides a secure integration path.

  • Plugin directory: https://www.skillhub.cn/plugins/theinfluencecompany/dsh-realtimeavatar
  • GitHub: https://github.com/theinfluencecompany/dsh-realtimeavatar