dsh-outline-auto
简体中文
A DeepSeek Harness plugin that searches and reads an Outline knowledge base from your conversation. Give it a keyword — it returns matching documents with titles, snippets, and links; ask for one of them and it returns the full content in Markdown. Approved write tools can create, update, and delete documents, with an approval prompt before every write.
Project status: 0.7.2. The current feature set is covered by unit tests, a Mock-server smoke, and a settings-chain integration check. The supported DSH baseline is 0.1.5-rc.2 (settings.installSection is required for the settings card); older Harness builds are not certified.
The core idea
- The knowledge base is one search away: you give a keyword, it gives you document links.
- Read operations are available without write access; write operations are separately approved by the user.
- Each user brings their own credentials: fill in the card in the GUI, no config files.
- Setup per team member is the same three steps: install → restart → configure.
Features
- Twelve tools — search (filter by author name, server-side), read, count, list collections, list users, resolve paths, list children, return a document template, save documents to a local Markdown file (one or many, merged with a table of contents), create, update, and delete.
- Author-aware search —
outline_search accepts an author name/email that resolves against outline_list_users and is pushed down to Outline as a server-side userId filter; hits carry the author's display name when available.
- Clickable results — document links are resolved to absolute URLs against your
baseUrl (Outline returns relative paths); snippets and titles are cleaned of HTML tags so results render cleanly in chat.
- Configurable read cache (default 60s TTL, capped entries) — re-reading the same document within a session does not hit the API again; write tools invalidate the cache so edits are visible immediately; the TTL is configurable via
cacheTtlMs and the cache has an entry cap to bound memory.
- 429 retry with backoff — rate-limited requests automatically retry up to 3 times (respecting
Retry-After, otherwise exponential backoff capped at 5s).
- HTTPS enforcement — public URLs must use
https:// (localhost and private intranet addresses are exempt) so the API token is never sent in clear text.
- GUI configuration card — Settings → Plugins → plugin configuration, an Outline Knowledge Base card matching the official card UI; fill in
baseUrl and API token, click save, done.
- Per-user credentials — every user configures their own token in the GUI (stored under
$DSH_HOME/settings.yaml, never in git); ideal for team distribution.
- Safe when unconfigured — the plugin loads normally and tools return clear Chinese error messages; the GUI is never blocked.
- Live updates — saving the card applies immediately, no restart; configuration priority: GUI card → environment variables → plugin config row.
- Enable/disable — listed in Settings → Plugins → Plugin list after the host entry is active; the configuration card is under Settings → Plugins → Plugin configuration.
- Ready to distribute — install from the public GitHub repository or archive after the release checklist below passes. Recipients should use the DSH plugin installer instead of manually editing profile bundles.
Requirements
| Component | Baseline |
|---|
| Platform | Windows / macOS / Linux |
| Node.js | 22.19 or newer |
| DeepSeek Harness | 0.1.5-rc.2 (required baseline) |
| Outline instance | reachable from your machine (intranet / VPN), with an API token (Outline → Settings → API keys) |
Installation
Recommended: DSH-managed install
Install from the public GitHub repository, pinned to the latest release tag:
dsh plugin --profile web add git+https://github.com/huangfuren/dsh-outline-auto.git#v0.7.0
The #v0.7.0 suffix pins the exact release; omit it to track the latest commit on main.
Restart dsh web after installation. The published package contains the built lib/ directory, so a normal Git install does not depend on a local build step. Its install hook only removes stale references to this plugin's old package name (dsh-outline-ai) from the selected DSH profile; it does not remove or rewrite unrelated plugins.
For an AI-assisted installation, use the DSH plugin manager command above and do not manually add a second cordis.patch.yml entry or edit dsh.profile.bundles. If startup still fails and the error names another plugin, repair or disable that named plugin separately.
For a local checkout or extracted archive:
dsh plugin --profile web add link:/absolute/path/to/dsh-outline-auto
The directory must contain package.json, lib/index.js, client.js, cordis.patch.yml, and dsh.plugin.json. Build the package before distributing an archive:
pnpm build
Legacy hot-install script
The scripts/hot-install.mjs flow is intended for local development only. It creates a profile link and a patch row, so keep the checkout in a stable directory. Do not use it as the public distribution instructions.
Recovery after a failed install
dsh plugin --profile web why dsh-outline-auto
If startup reports that it cannot resolve dsh-outline-ai, an older renamed entry remains in %USERPROFILE%/.dsh/profiles/web/package.json or the profile cordis.patch.yml. Reinstall this package in the affected profile; the install hook migrates the stale references when package lifecycle scripts are enabled. For a profile where scripts were disabled, run this explicit repair:
node node_modules/dsh-outline-auto/scripts/repair-profile.mjs --profile-dir "$env:USERPROFILE/.dsh/profiles/web"
Then run the DSH plugin manager once to refresh the profile lockfile before restarting dsh web. Do not rename the current package back to the old id.
If the package loads but the card is absent, restart dsh web, open Settings → Plugins, check Plugin list for dsh-outline-auto, then check Plugin configuration. A failed host entry will not expose its settings namespace.
Configuration
The recommended way is the GUI card (Settings → Plugins → plugin configuration → Outline Knowledge Base):
| Field | Description |
|---|
| Service URL (baseUrl) | Outline instance root, e.g. https://outline.example.com |
| API Token | create one at Outline → Settings → API keys |
| Writable paths (empty = read-only) | comma-separated directory paths, e.g. Collection A,Knowledge Base/Dir 1; only these directories and their children are writable |
| Local save directory | local directory where outline_save_local writes Markdown files; empty = $DSH_HOME/outline-auto-saves (fallback $HOME/outline-auto-saves). Restart the web profile after changing |
| Synonyms (config row only) | synonyms in the plugin config row (YAML map, e.g. synonyms: { 部署: [上线, 发布] }): on a zero-hit search the plugin retries with mapped words (ladder: original → first word → synonyms) before giving up |
Click Save — applies immediately. Alternatively, configure via environment variables (OUTLINE_BASE_URL / OUTLINE_API_TOKEN) or the plugin config row in cordis.patch.yml. Advanced options in the plugin config row: timeoutMs (request timeout, default 15000), cacheTtlMs (read-cache lifetime in ms, default 60000, range 1000–300000) and synonyms (see above; config-row only, restart to reload).
Read-only by default (v0.3.0): with no writable paths configured, all write tools (outline_create / outline_update_document / outline_delete) refuse to run — no approval prompt is even shown. To allow writes, list the directories that may be modified. A path like Knowledge Base/Dir 1 covers every child under Dir 1; a bare Collection A covers the whole collection. Any path that cannot be resolved (missing collection, invisible directory, moved document) is refused — writes always fail closed.
The public package must not contain organization-specific collection names, URLs, tokens, or document examples. Deployment-specific values are configured per installation — never publish an internal collection name as a schema default or UI placeholder.
Migrating from 0.2.x
0.3.0 removes the protectedCollections deny-list in favor of the writablePaths allow-list. After upgrading, every write is refused until you configure writable paths. If you previously protected a collection via the deny-list, simply leave it out of writablePaths — a collection that is not listed is not writable. Delete the old protectedCollections setting from your plugin config row, then set writablePaths to the directories you actually write to.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|
outline_search(query, limit?, offset?, collectionId?, author?, userId?, updatedAfter?, all?) | Keyword search; returns the match total, plus title, snippet, document id, author name and link per hit. Optional filters: collection, author (name/email — resolved via users.list and pushed down server-side as userId; ambiguous names return the candidate list), updated-after; offset skips the first N hits for pagination; all=true auto-paginates and de-duplicates up to 100 hits. Identical queries are short-TTL cached (invalidated by writes); multi-word queries with zero hits automatically retry with the first word. |
outline_get_document(id, maxLength?) | Fetch a document's full Markdown by id; maxLength caps the returned text (default 20000). |
outline_count() | Total number of documents in the knowledge base (documents.list total, exact; excludes trashed/deleted — the true total may be slightly higher). |
outline_list_collections() | List visible collections (id, name, permission, document count). |
outline_list_users() | List workspace users (id, name, email) — resolve "documents by 张三" into the author/userId filter for outline_search. |
outline_resolve_path(path) | Resolve a human path like Knowledge Base/Directory A/Subdirectory into collectionId + parentDocumentId; returns the resolved full path. |
outline_list_children(parentId) | List direct child documents of a directory (parent document). |
outline_doc_template() | Return the standard requirement-document template (Markdown) + required section list — call it before writing a requirement doc. |
outline_save_local(ids, title?) | Local save — write one or many fetched Outline documents to a local Markdown file. ids is a comma-separated list from search results (up to 50); multiple docs merge into one file with a table of contents. Filename YYYY-MM-DD-title.md (single doc → its title, many → 首篇标题等N篇); auto-increments on name clash, never overwrites. Writes only to local disk; never touches the knowledge base. Search/get_document results end with a prompt offering this. |
Writes are restricted to the writable paths configured per deployment (read-only when empty). The public package ships with no organization-specific default.
Workflow: writing a requirement document (common task)
See the full SOP: docs/workflow-requirement-doc.zh.md — locate the directory (outline_resolve_path) → fetch the template (outline_doc_template) → draft → create with approval → verify.
Release checklist
- Verify the package with the exact supported DSH baseline and Node.js baseline.
- Run
pnpm typecheck, pnpm build, pnpm test, and node scripts/smoke.mjs.
- Inspect the archive contents: include built
lib/, client.js, both manifests, the patch, and public documentation; exclude node_modules, .git, settings files, tokens, internal URLs, and internal document names.
- Install the archive or GitHub URL into a clean
web profile and confirm both Settings -> Plugins -> Plugin list and Plugin configuration.
- Search the release tree for organization-specific names before publishing. A failed check blocks the release.
Development
pnpm typecheck # strict tsc check
pnpm build # emit lib/
pnpm test # vitest unit tests (mock fetch: success/empty/401/403/404/429/network/bad response)
node scripts/smoke.mjs # local Mock Outline server, end-to-end smoke (prints SMOKE PASS)
node scripts/verify.mjs # real settings → search → count chain (add --create for the create+cleanup chain)
The client half (client.js) is a dependency-free single-file module — no build step. The real-search verification script requires OUTLINE_BASE_URL / OUTLINE_API_TOKEN env vars.
License
MIT
