dsh-image-preview

In a dsh Web chat session, when the assistant reply mentions a local image or video file, that path usually appears as plain text: no inline preview, no scrubber, just a string you have to copy into a file manager. dsh-image-preview brings the preview right back into the conversation. Real, existing local media absolute paths in the assistant streaming text are automatically rewritten into an embedded image or an HTML5 video player, with a small clickable local-path line beneath each media block that opens the file in the system default app without spawning a new tab.

Images cover png, jpg, webp, gif, svg, avif and more (20 MB per file); videos cover mp4, webm, mov, and ogv (512 MB per file) with HTTP Range 206 partial responses so the progress bar actually scrubs. The plugin uses a startup-shell plus child-plugin layered architecture: the host side wraps llm/stream to rewrite paths and serves three routes (image read, video read, local open), while the client side injects minimal CSS and a player-replacement script. Zero build step, pure ESM, and if the host logic ever breaks after a core upgrade, dsh still boots normally and the rest of the session is unaffected. Only the inline preview feature is lost. If your daily workflow involves the assistant producing or referencing local assets in a dsh Web chat, this plugin keeps the preview exactly where you are looking.