v0.2.0 · initial release

Initial release — protocol-aware adapters for DeepSeek V4-Pro / V4-Flash

What ships in this release

A single protocol contract, distributed in four wrapper formats:

Form	Distribution	Status
Python library	pip install deepseek-harness	✅ live on PyPI
Command-line tool	pip install deepseek-harness-cli	✅ live on PyPI
MCP server	npx -y @deepseek-harness/mcp	✅ live on npm
Anthropic Skill	drop packages/skill/ into ~/.claude/skills/	✅ available via git clone

Backed by

• 12 probes producing 270+ trial JSONL fixtures in reports/raw/ (see reports/REPORT_2026-05-09.md)
• 16 documented findings, 6 not previously published
• spec/ — RFC 2119 protocol contract in 7 chapters
• docs/technical_report.md — paper-style writeup
• Total validation cost: ~$2.5 USD on the official endpoint

Quick verification

pip install deepseek-harness deepseek-harness-cli
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-...
dsh doctor
# Expected: green status table; live call cost ~ $0.000002

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-... npx -y @deepseek-harness/mcp
# Expected: [deepseek-harness-mcp] ready · 4 tools · v0.2.0

Acid test (proves the harness performs a non-trivial transformation)

git clone https://github.com/HenryZ838978/deepseek-harness
cd deepseek-harness
python reports/probes/probe_2_reasoning_lifecycle.py --n 3
# Expected: 3/3 phase-B BadRequestError with the verbatim 400 message
#   "The reasoning_content in the thinking mode must be passed back to the API."

License

MIT.