In DeepSeek Harness (DSH), managing skills and MCP servers typically involves direct file operations or relying on provider logic. Without a centralized management interface, quickly checking the current state, disabling a specific skill, or configuring a server can become cumbersome.

dsh-skill-mcp-panel is a skill list and MCP server manager for DSH, mounted as a sidebar panel and fully deriving its theme from the host’s theme tokens. It is maintained by re-ITRT. It provides a centralized view for managing skills and MCP servers while remaining consistent with the host’s theme and font settings.

Core Features

  1. Sidebar Panel: Opens a page from a sidebar entry, showing a dense list of all Agent skills and configured MCP servers provided by the current deployment.
  2. Skill Toggle: Each skill row includes a toggle switch to enable or disable the skill.
  3. Details Panel: Click “Details” to expand a panel displaying the provider, source, path, invocation policy, and full body.
  4. MCP Server Management: Supports editing, creating, and deleting MCP servers.
  5. Open Directory: Opens the directory containing the skill or MCP configuration folder.
  6. Theme and Typography: The page contains no theme code; all colors, border radius, fonts, and focus rings come from the host’s --dsh-* tokens. Typography is dynamically adjusted based on the host’s font size setting (--dsh-content-font-size).

Installation and Enablement

Install the plugin using the following command:

dsh plugin --profile desktop add <path-to-this-directory>

Usage Instructions

  1. View List: Find and open the “Skills and MCP” entry in the DSH sidebar to view all Agent skills and MCP servers.
  2. Disable Skill: Click the switch on a skill row to turn it off. The plugin removes the skill from the model catalog and the / menu via registry duplicate rules (rank: 0), without directly editing files.
  3. Delete Skill:
    • User Skill: Permanently deletes the file.
    • Bundled Skill: Moves it to the trash folder and does not delete it permanently.
      Deletion operations include a confirmation prompt indicating whether it is a “Permanent Delete” or “Move to Trash Folder.”
  4. Configure MCP Server: Click “Edit” on an MCP row or “New Server” to open a fixed two-column grid form for configuration. The form includes fields such as command, working directory, URL, arguments, and environment variables.

Notes

  • Theme Consistency: The page contains no theme code, and all styles fully depend on the host’s --dsh-* tokens, so it automatically follows the deployed theme (light, dark, or third-party themes).
  • No Polling or Refresh: The list does not auto-poll, and there is no manual refresh button. The list is read when the panel is opened, when the window regains focus (throttled to once every 4 seconds), and after each write operation.
  • Skill Disabling Mechanism: Turning off a skill is not implemented by editing files, but is managed by the plugin through registry rules.
  • File Storage Locations:
    • The skill collection is located at <DSH home>/storages/skill-mcp-panel.json.
    • Deleted bundled skills are located at <DSH home>/storages/skill-mcp-panel.trash/<id>/.

Conclusion

dsh-skill-mcp-panel provides DSH users with an intuitive interface for centralized management of skills and MCP servers, solving the inconvenience caused by manual file operations. For more details or to submit issues, visit: GitHub repository or SkillHub plugin directory.