dsh-thinkmeter

By default, the DeepSeek Harness chat view streams the latest line of reasoning text into the Think disclosure row while the model is thinking. dsh-thinkmeter replaces that scrolling ticker with a compact token counter: during reasoning it displays an animated estimate, and once the model settles it reads the exact usage.reasoningTokens value for a precise figure. Clicking the row still expands the full reasoning text, and the toggle is keyboard accessible via Enter or Space.

Under the hood, the plugin registers a same-key renderer in the Cordis slot system, shadowing the built-in assistant-step chat node with a lightweight substitute. Removing the plugin automatically restores the original renderer with no manual cleanup. The entire package is plain JavaScript with zero build steps.

One known trade-off: while the plugin is active, plain assistant text blocks render as pre-wrapped plain text instead of full Markdown, because the lightweight renderer cannot reuse the shipped Markdown components. dsh-thinkmeter is a good fit for DSH users who care more about reasoning token cost at a glance than watching the reasoning text scroll by.