penguin-oo/dsh-pathlink
Ctrl+click file paths and links in DeepSeek Harness chat: paths open their folder in the OS file manager, links open in a new browser tab.
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What it does
Ctrl+click file paths and links in chat: paths open their folder in the OS file manager (with the file selected), links open in a new browser tab.
Best for
- Developers who frequently receive filesystem paths in DSH Web chat and want to reveal them in Explorer, Finder, or a Linux file manager.
- Users who need unlinked bare URLs in rendered messages to open in a new browser tab.
- Workflows where modifier-click preserves ordinary text selection and copying.
Not ideal for
- Terminal or native-client workflows without the DSH Web click surface.
- Users who expect ordinary clicks to open paths or links; the plugin requires Ctrl-click or Command-click.
- Cases requiring perfectly precise path parsing; recognition is heuristic and can over-match some prose-adjacent paths.
README
dsh-pathlink
Ctrl+click file paths and links in DeepSeek Harness chat.
Recognizes file paths and URLs in rendered chat messages (assistant replies, user bubbles, code blocks, tool cards), marks them with a subtle dotted underline, and opens them with Ctrl+click (⌘ on macOS):
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Path → containing folder — the file’s folder opens in the OS file manager
with the file selected (Windows
explorer /select, macOSopen -R, Linuxxdg-openon the parent directory). A path that names a directory opens the directory itself. - Link → new browser tab — covers bare URLs the renderer did not linkify (e.g. in user bubbles); markdown links already open in new tabs natively.
Plain clicks stay inert, so text selection and copy are never disturbed. When a path does not exist, a small toast explains why instead of failing silently.


① Hovering a path shows the Ctrl+click hint — Ctrl+click opens the containing folder with the file selected · ② The recognized path in a real conversation (dotted underline).
Install
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-pathlink
or via GitHub:
dsh plugin --profile web add github:penguin-oo/dsh-pathlink
Restart the web GUI afterwards. Requires the web profile (a browser is the only surface that can receive the click).
Usage
- Wait for a settled message that mentions a path or a link — recognized tokens get a dotted underline.
- Hold Ctrl (or ⌘ on macOS) and click.
- Path → folder opens in Explorer/Finder with the file selected.
- Link → opens in a new browser tab.
- Relative paths resolve against the session’s workspace directory first, then the harness working directory; missing paths show a toast.
Config
| Key | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
maxPathChars |
1024 |
Longest accepted path text, in characters |
How it works
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Client half (
dsh.client, platformweb): a MutationObserver-driven scanner watches the rendered conversation containers (data-chat-flow/data-conversation-scroll), recognizes paths and URLs in text nodes, wraps matches in inert inline spans, and handles one delegated capture-phase click listener. The officialchatFileMentionsseam is deliberately not used so the plugin never conflicts with the built-in deliverables provider and covers every surface uniformly. -
Host half (
pathlinkRemote service): one read-onlyopenmethod that resolves relative paths against the addressed session’s working directory, verifies existence, and launches the platform file manager. No durable state; it never creates or resumes an Agent or Session.
Development
npm install
npm run build # bundle src/client → lib/client.js
npm run smoke # Remote markers + Typert manifest validation
node scripts/e2e-synthetic.mjs # browser E2E against http://127.0.0.1:3738
docs/demo.html is built with node scripts/build-demo.mjs (reuses the
production recognizer) and screenshotted by node scripts/e2e-screenshot.mjs.
Limitations
- Web GUI only (the click surface is a browser); the host opener covers Windows / macOS / Linux.
- Path recognition is heuristic: CJK directory names survive, but a path whose final segment is a bare English word (no extension) followed directly by prose may occasionally be over-matched — the existence check then shows the not-found toast instead of opening anything wrong.
License
MIT
Acknowledgements
Built for the DeepSeek Harness plugin ecosystem — thanks to the community on LINUX DO for feedback and testing.
Frequently Asked QuestionsFAQ
Use the verified command dsh plugin --profile default add github:penguin-oo/dsh-pathlink in a DSH-enabled shell. The command resolves the public package metadata and keeps the plugin attached to the catalog identity shown on this page.
Compatibility follows the bundle and profile status shown above. If a profile is not detected, keep the plugin disabled there and check the repository documentation before enabling it in production.
The GitHub link and activity metadata are the source of truth for releases and maintenance. Revisit this page after a new release to confirm the catalog has observed the latest version.