dsh-web-search-anysearch

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) ships with a built-in web_search tool that is bound to the official provider out of the box. If you want to swap in a different search backend, get more structured and citable results, or simply need a second search engine without touching any model-side code, this plugin slots right in. It registers a stateless WebSearchProvider that speaks AnySearch's JSON-RPC interface, so from the model's perspective nothing changes: same tool name, same citation contract, same bounds.

The standout quality is zero-configuration readiness. Anonymous access requires no API key, and every search returns structured Markdown blocks that the provider parses into a clean source list with title, URL, and snippet. URLs are deduplicated, and if the result format ever drifts the plugin degrades gracefully to passing the payload through as-is, so a search never fails on a parsing miss. When you need higher rate limits or a vertical domain (finance, academic, code, and 17 others), a single patch-layer entry for the API key and domain field is all it takes. Every configuration field is optional.

This is a good fit for dsh users on 0.1.2 or later who want a pluggable search backend alongside the official one, developers who need vertical-domain retrieval, and anyone who simply wants search diversity without a code change. Uninstalling is just as clean: the patch layer, dependency, and provider claim are all spliced out, web_search reverts to the host default, and nothing is left on disk.