dsh-ssh-plugin

Running commands on a remote Linux server from inside a DeepSeek Harness conversation used to mean breaking out of the chat, opening a separate terminal, and re-typing hosts and key paths every time. dsh-ssh-plugin brings that step back into the conversation: the model gains an ssh_exec tool so a single line of natural language is enough to run bash commands on a remote host, without switching context.

Three capabilities anchor the plugin. First, key-based authentication with BatchMode=yes guarantees that a missing or unauthorized key fails fast instead of hanging, while the remote command travels through ssh stdin straight into bash -s with no extra quoting layer. Second, the plugin parses your local ~/.ssh/config automatically, so any defined alias can be passed as ssh_exec host with no extra save; connections not in the config are persisted via the ssh_connections tool and bound to a workspace, surviving restarts. Third, every harness service (settings, workspaceRegistry, and others) is optional, so the plugin degrades gracefully when they are absent and ssh_exec still works with explicit arguments.

Ideal for developers, SREs, and ops engineers who routinely inspect or operate remote Linux services from within a conversation. The only prerequisite is that the target machine has key-based access configured. On Windows, the session sandbox policy must be danger-full-access, as a restricted token will block ssh.exe from starting.