dsh-nested-followups

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Branch from any answer. Keep branching at any depth.

A DeepSeek Harness plugin for isolated follow-ups that can keep branching recursively, with no plugin-defined depth limit. Start a side trail from any answer, then turn any answer anywhere in that trail into the next isolated fork point. Repeat for as many levels as the question needs. Every level inherits only its ancestor path, while the main task stays linear and untouched.

Recorded in an unmodified DeepSeek Harness 0.1.1-rc.2 web profile. The UI and sessions are real; the captions and cursor are added in post.

MAIN TASK → SIDE QUESTION → NESTED SIDE QUESTION → NEST AGAIN → …

• Start a side trail anywhere. The first branch receives exactly the history that existed at the selected answer.
• Keep branching at any depth. Every answer in every side trail can become another isolated fork point. Apply the same action again at every new level.
• Keep the main task clean. Nothing asked or answered in a branch flows back into the main conversation.

Install

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-nested-followups

Restart the DeepSeek Harness web profile if it is already running, open a conversation, and select Tree View.

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/sluminositys/dsh-nested-followups.git
cd dsh-nested-followups
pnpm install
pnpm run check
dsh plugin --profile web add .

Why not a new chat or a sidebar thread?

Approach	Relevant earlier context	Main stays clean	Can keep branching at later depths	Trail stays attached
Ask in the main chat	Yes	No	No	Not applicable
Open a new conversation	Lost or copied manually	Yes	No	No
Typical temporary sidebar Q&A	Varies	Usually	Usually a linear side thread	Usually not
dsh-nested-followups	Exact ancestor path	Yes	Yes—recursively, with no fixed depth	Yes

The distinguishing feature is not the canvas. It is that any answer at any depth can become another isolated fork point, and the same rule keeps applying to every descendant. The tree is only the map that keeps those recursive detours visible and attached to the root session.

The diagram draws two nested levels and then an ellipsis: the same fork action remains available on every answer at every later depth.

Use it

1. Chat normally. The standard DSH chat, sidebar, composer, and message rendering remain unchanged.
2. Select Tree View, choose an earlier completed assistant answer, and select Ask follow-up. The question grows to the right in a new branch.
3. On the latest answer in a branch, use Continue this branch to add the next turn downward. Use Ask follow-up to create another isolated branch to the right. Repeat Ask follow-up on any descendant answer to keep nesting as deeply as needed.
4. Return to Chat whenever you want to continue the main task. Its history contains no branch messages.

Action	Direction	Session effect
Ask follow-up	Right	Creates a new isolated child session at the selected answer
Continue this branch	Down	Adds the next exchange to the current branch session

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