dsh-chat-avatar

When you run long conversations in the dsh Web UI, every turn—yours and the AI's—looks like the same flat block of text on a white background. It is hard to tell speakers apart at a glance, and the interface feels a little impersonal. dsh-chat-avatar fixes exactly that: it pins a small avatar to the left side of each turn's final AI reply and to the right side of every message you send, giving the chat an instant "you vs AI" visual rhythm.

The plugin does three things well. First, avatar placement follows the conversation automatically—within a single turn the assistant may emit several intermediate steps, and the avatar always settles on the final reply; on the user side each input (including mid-run follow-ups) gets its own avatar anchored to the top-right of its first line. Second, both sides are independently configurable: show or hide, upload an image (PNG, JPG, WebP, or even an animated GIF), pick a size between 16 and 128 pixels, and choose a round or square frame. Third, if no image is uploaded nothing is rendered—no empty frames, no built-in defaults. Settings live under Settings → Sidebar → Avatars, and the whole plugin is client-side only (slots + webServer, no @deepseek-ai peer dependencies).

Who is it for? If you are the type who customizes desktop wallpapers, terminal color schemes, or email signatures, this is a five-minute upgrade that makes the dsh chat feel like yours. It is also handy for anyone debugging or collaborating in multi-turn sessions who wants a quick visual separator between their own messages and the model's output. Lightweight, zero backend dependencies, MIT licensed—install, refresh, and start swapping avatars.