eli-mode

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Eli Mode is an agent preset for DeepSeek Harness (DSH) built around wiki-driven long-term memory and skills, on an extremely minimal Harness setup.

Features

• Wiki-driven memory: a persistent, cross-session wiki that replaces the memory and skill modules — try it and you'll know. Entries cross-link with [[id]]; forward/back links and the tree index are maintained automatically.
• Extremely minimal Harness: only the essential tools; the injected system prompt and context are deliberately tuned.
• Management page: Settings → Plugin Configuration → Eli Mode — edit the persona prompt and the knowledge-base injection prompt from a form.
• UI polish (submodule eli-polish): adds a KB tab, token stats, tool-call collapsing and character art on top of the default theme. Off by default — tick "UI polish" in the Eli Mode config page to enable it (no restart needed).

Install

This plugin is listed on dsh-market: if you have dsh-market installed, search for eli-mode in Settings → Plugin Market to install it.

Requires DSH 0.1.0-rc.6 or newer (Node.js >= 22) and pnpm (npm install -g pnpm — the dsh plugin command depends on it).

npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-eli-mode@latest

After restarting dsh web:

1. Open a new session and pick the Eli Mode preset;
2. On first run a default knowledge base is created under ~/.dsh/eli-knowledge/ (existing content is never overwritten);
3. Settings → Plugin Configuration → Eli Mode: edit the persona prompt and the KB injection prompt (takes effect on new sessions), or tick "UI polish" and swap the character art (takes effect immediately).

Preset updates

After upgrading the plugin (dsh plugin --profile web update), restarting re-syncs ~/.dsh/.agent-presets/eli-mode/ from the bundled preset.

Desktop edition (Windows)

An out-of-the-box Windows desktop build: bundles this plugin, enables the polish/skin by default, auto-initializes on first run, and defaults new sessions to the Eli Mode preset.

Download: GitHub Releases (DSH Eli Mode v0.1.10, Windows x64)

Built on anywhere-labs/deepseek-harness-desktop (MIT) - itself a community shell of the official deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness. The distribution carries full LICENSE/NOTICE. Not an official DeepSeek product.

Configuration

Management page (recommended)

Settings → Plugin Configuration → Eli Mode:

Works out of the box: the plugin ships a built-in settings bridge (loopback) so the config card needs no official-allowlist patch. If your deployment disables the bridge (e.g. remote access), edit ~/.dsh/settings.yaml directly.

Direct settings.yaml

eli-mode:
  personaPrompt: |
    # Your persona prompt (multiline)
  kbIndexPrompt: |
    Knowledge base index below; use kb_read / kb_search on demand:

    {{tree}}
  kbIndex: true
  polish: false   # true = enable UI polish

Using the knowledge base

• Web: http://<dsh-host>/eli-kb (browse / edit / search; the page follows the dsh UI language)
• In chat: kb_search <query> → kb_read <id> → kb_write <title> + <content> to persist
• Storage: ~/.dsh/eli-knowledge/wiki/ (override with ELI_KB_ROOT)
• The index (index.md) is regenerated automatically — no manual maintenance
• With polish on, the composer shows token usage; when a DEEPSEEK_API_KEY is configured (dsh credentials service or environment variable) it also shows the account balance

Uninstall

npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web remove dsh-eli-mode

Restart dsh web. Preset files and KB data remain under ~/.dsh/ for manual cleanup.

Project layout

packages/
└── eli-mode/            # Core package (npm: dsh-eli-mode)
    ├── lib/             # Host modules (KB service, web routes, settings namespace, preset sync) + client (management card + optional polish)
    ├── presets/         # Agent preset (auto-synced to ~/.dsh/.agent-presets/)
    ├── wiki/            # Default knowledge base (seeded on first run)
    └── ui/              # KB web page and character art

License & attribution

• Code: Apache-2.0 (see LICENSE)
• Character art (ui/art-left.webp main UI + ui/art-right.webp wiki) is a derivative of the "Whale Girl" character, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (non-commercial); full attribution chain in NOTICE:

1. 上善 (Shangshan) (Pixiv · Bilibili) — original creator of the whale-girl character
2. zipzip / ZipZipPipe (Pixiv · Bilibili) — the DeepSeek-element maid whale-girl redesign (generated with GPT Image 2)
3. Small-tailqwq (dsh-deep-whale) — the DeepSeek-element material curation (tertiary derivative)

Special thanks to the creators above — their art and curation give this UI its soul.