Is DeepSeek Harness safe to use?

DeepSeek Harness has an HVTrust score of 72.6/100 (Grade B), ranked #280 of 1343 tracked AI agent projects. This score reflects verifiable supply-chain integrity, transparency, maintenance, and adoption signals.

What is the trust score for DeepSeek Harness?

DeepSeek Harness scores 72.6/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 241.1k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

DeepSeek Harness

Repository

Website

DeepSeek Harness: Everything is a Plugin.

Coding Agents TypeScript Listed MIT

Is DeepSeek Harness safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.

OSSF Scorecard 4.6 / 10

Provenance None

Signed commits 0%

Last push 2d ago

Advisories None known

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In detail: DeepSeek Harness scores 72.6/100 (Grade B), ranked #280 of 1343 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 4.6/10; recent commits are unsigned; no published advisory affects its latest release (@deepseek-ai/dsh); last pushed 2026-09-29. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How DeepSeek Harness could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Publish build provenance for its packagesnpm publish --provenance from CI +13.9 → 86.5 A · #6 of 75
Raise the OSSF Scorecard from 4.6 to 9.0lowest checks: Branch-Protection 0, CII-Best-Practices 0, Code-Review 0 +9.1 → 81.7 A · #10 of 75
Sign every commit0% signed today +5.0 → 77.6 B · #10 of 75

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How DeepSeek Harness compares in Coding Agents

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks DeepSeek Harness’s 72.6.

Where the 72.6 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the Coding Agents average

72.6 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

DeepSeek Harness Coding Agents average (75 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits

5.8 / 25

3.1 below avg 8.9

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

1.0 below avg 11.8

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

12.4 / 17

0.6 above avg 11.8

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.9 / 20

5.1 above avg 14.8

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

20.0 / 20

7.8 above avg 12.2

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It

Publish package provenance or release attestations for stronger supply-chain evidence.

Recent Changes

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: DeepSeek

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

Maintainer Checklist

Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 4.6/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.

Publish provenance Add package provenance or release attestations so users can verify where shipped artifacts came from.

Increase signed commits Raise the share of verified-signed commits to make maintainer identity and release history easier to trust.

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99.9

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#14

In Coding Agents

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade B reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-09-30

Activity & Reach

Stars

241.1k

Forks

29.0k

Last Push

2026-09-29

2 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

5412

Downloads (7d)

351,690

npm

HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

▲3

was #283

Analysis

Activity Inputs

99.9 / 100

StarsRepository reach

30 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.7 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

20 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

4.6 / 10

OpenSSF Scorecard · scanned Sep 29, 2026

Signed Commits

of last 100 commits verified

Binary-Artifacts 10

Branch-Protection 0

CI-Tests -1

CII-Best-Practices 0

Code-Review 0

Contributors 10

Dangerous-Workflow 10

Dependency-Update-Tool 10

Fuzzing 10

License 10

Maintained 0

Packaging -1

Pinned-Dependencies 0

SAST 0

Security-Policy 0

Signed-Releases -1

Token-Permissions 9

Vulnerabilities 0

Common questions about DeepSeek Harness

DeepSeek Harness has a mixed signal profile. Some trust indicators are present, others are missing. Whether it is safe for your use case depends on which gaps matter to you — review the breakdown below before adopting in production.

Does DeepSeek Harness publish package provenance?

No published build provenance is currently detected for DeepSeek Harness. This is common for open-source projects but means consumers cannot independently verify that the package on the registry matches the GitHub source.

Does DeepSeek Harness have an OpenSSF Scorecard?

DeepSeek Harness has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 4.6/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.

Is DeepSeek Harness actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 2 day(s).

What license does DeepSeek Harness use?

DeepSeek Harness ships under MIT. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.

Are DeepSeek Harness's commits signed?

0% of the last 100 commits to DeepSeek Harness are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface

Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support

medium confidence

Declared

MCP support appears present, but direct server implementation is less certain.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

External Service Dependencies

high confidence

1 detected

Public provider/service dependencies detected.

DeepSeek

Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.

Tool / Plugin Surface

high confidence

Declared

Declared plugin/integration surface detected.

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

Package Provenance Drift

high confidence

Match

Published package metadata matches the tracked repo

Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.

MCP signal live
External deps live
Tool / plugin surface live
Package provenance drift live

How this surface has changed

Detected changes to DeepSeek Harness's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: DeepSeek

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

Maintain DeepSeek Harness?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores DeepSeek Harness from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

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Reputation Timeline

Signal history

2026-09-23

Tool Surface Changed

Detected tool/plugin surface changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Provider Added

Runtime surface grew — new detected provider dependency: DeepSeek

2026-09-23

Mcp Status Changed

Detected MCP server support changed: none → declared

2026-09-23

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

2026-09-23

Rank Moved

Rank rose 301 spots (#571 → #270)

2026-09-23

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 37.1pts (35.6 → 72.7)

2026-09-22

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #571

2026-09-21

Removed From Active Tracking

Removed from active tracking

2026-09-11

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#261 → #272)

2026-09-07

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 15 spots (#234 → #249)

2026-09-05

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 55 spots (#181 → #236)

2026-09-03

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 11 spots (#165 → #176)

2026-08-31

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 23 spots (#139 → #162)

2026-08-29

Scorecard Added

OSSF Scorecard: 4.7/10

2026-08-29

Grade Changed

Trust grade D → B

2026-08-29

Rank Moved

Rank rose 576 spots (#723 → #147)

2026-08-29

HVTrust Changed

HVTrust up 29.6pts (43.0 → 72.6)

2026-08-28

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 27 spots (#696 → #723)

2026-08-27

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 16 spots (#680 → #696)

2026-08-26

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 94 spots (#586 → #680)

2026-08-24

Rank Moved

Rank dropped 10 spots (#576 → #586)

2026-08-16

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #589

GitHub → Website → npm: @deepseek-ai/dsh

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