DeepSeek Open-Sources Agent Harness in Preview

DeepSeek launched Harness, an open-source agent framework now in public preview worldwide, built on Cordis's 'everything is a plugin' architecture with desktop and web UI options. It covers everyday work, coding, research and background tasks, extensible via plugins and a Creator mode, though core plugins and APIs are still evolving.

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