Sideband

Asynchronous context relay for DeepSeek Harness.

Snapshot now. Summarize aside. Deliver without interrupting the conversation already in flight.

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Sideband moves a bounded context capsule from one DSH Session to another Session—or, optionally, to an Agent Team Room. It is designed for the exact moment when the source Agent is still working and you do not want to wait, interrupt, or steer that turn.

AI support

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The contract

• The command is not a prompt. /sideband runs on DSH's native command plane and never enters the source model.
• The snapshot happens now. Visible user/model text is frozen at the command boundary, including any visible partial assistant output already streamed.
• The reducer is isolated. A separate, tool-free LLM call treats the captured transcript as untrusted data.
• The work is asynchronous. The command returns a job id after admission; summary and delivery continue in a detached, process-local worker.
• Delivery is explicit. quiet leaves context for a destination's next turn; wakeup intentionally schedules a destination turn.
• Every capsule has provenance. Job, source, timestamps, command boundary, scope, focus, and delivery mode travel with the summary.

Sideband is not transcript mirroring, shared hidden memory, or a replacement chat UI. It transfers selected meaning across a visible boundary.

Native UI, without taking over DSH Web

The same package decorates the existing /sideband command with DSH's official popupSelect. Enter the bare command and choose another ordinary Session:

There is no second Web app and no overlay. Sideband does not replace the composer, root, sidebar, or conversation; it uses the host command popup, performs no DOM querying, and ships no global CSS. Full commands remain available for scope, focus, Room targets, status, and cancellation.

Install

Requirements: Node.js ^22.19.0 || >=24 and DeepSeek Harness 0.1.0-rc.6.

dsh plugin --profile web add github:ishuowang/dsh-sideband#v0.1.0
dsh web

For an Agent Team Room destination, install the Room plugin in the same profile:

dsh plugin --profile web add github:ishuowang/dsh-agent-team-room#v0.4.0

Discovery

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