Is DeepSeek Harness safe to use?

DeepSeek Harness has an HVTrust score of 42.6/100 (Grade D), ranked #589 of 1308 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 42.6/100 on HVTracker's evidence-weighted HVTrust scale. It has 131.2k GitHub stars and is categorized under Coding Agents.

DeepSeek Harness

deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness

DeepSeek Harness: Everything is a Plugin.

Coding Agents TypeScript Grade D Listed MIT

42.6/100

Rank #589 of 1308

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Listing state

Listed

Evidence coverage

Grade C · 2/5 signals

Last push

2026-08-13 · 4d ago

Recent change

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Is DeepSeek Harness safe? DeepSeek Harness scores 42.6/100 (Grade D), ranked #589 of 1308 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage C (2 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; no OSSF Scorecard result yet; recent commits are unsigned; last pushed 2026-08-13. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

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What Would Improve It

Add or improve OSSF Scorecard coverage so safety checks are easier to verify.

Recent Changes

2026-08-16

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #589

Maintainer Checklist

Add Scorecard coverage Expose the repository to OpenSSF Scorecard checks so supply-chain posture is easier to verify.

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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98.8

Activity sub-score · out of 100

#48

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade D reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage C is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (2 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Activity & Reach

Stars

131.2k

Forks

13.1k

Last Push

2026-08-13

4 days ago

Commits (4 wk)

9393

Downloads (7d)

195,945

npm

HN mentions (30d)

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Open Issues

Rank Change

was #589

Analysis

HVTrust Dimensions vs Coding Agents

42.6 / 100 · 67.0% confidence

DeepSeek Harness Coding Agents average (70 agents)

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

0 / 25

7.5 below avg 7.5

Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance

10.8 / 18

0.8 below avg 11.6

Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard

8.5 / 17

2.5 below avg 11.0

Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity

19.7 / 20

4.4 above avg 15.3

AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads

19.3 / 20

7.0 above avg 12.3

Activity Inputs

98.8 / 100

StarsRepository reach

30 / 30

FreshnessLast push recency

24.4 / 25

ActivityRecent commits

25 / 25

CommunityFork signal

19.2 / 20

Supply Chain Trust

Package Provenance

None

No package attestations found

OSSF Scorecard

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Not available

Signed Commits

of last 100 commits verified

Is DeepSeek Harness safe?

Public trust evidence for DeepSeek Harness is thin: several supply-chain signals are missing or weak. This does not mean the project is unsafe — it means an outside observer cannot easily verify the usual integrity checks. Treat with extra scrutiny.

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?

No OpenSSF Scorecard data is currently published for DeepSeek Harness. Maintainers can enable the Scorecard GitHub Action to get a public score; without it, automated supply-chain hygiene is harder for outsiders to verify.

Is DeepSeek Harness actively maintained?

Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 4 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

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

2026-08-16

Newly Listed

First tracked at rank #589

GitHub → npm: @deepseek-ai/dsh

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