dsh-task-chime

Running a long task in DeepSeek Harness, the most grating part is rarely the task itself but the wait — you do not know if it is done, and you cannot quite walk away. A browser notification goes silent the moment the DSH window is minimized or you switch virtual desktops. dsh-task-chime routes the sound through the operating system audio device via the Host process, so the chime reaches your speakers whether DSH is in the foreground, in the background, or on another desktop.

It is not just one beep. The plugin distinguishes two fundamentally different moments: a task finishing, and the agent being blocked on you (a question, a pending approval, an exit_plan_mode prompt). Each gets its own sound and intensity, so you can tell by ear whether the work is done or your input is needed. Four intensity levels auto-escalate — one step higher for tasks over two minutes, two steps higher past ten, capped at the loudest alarm — so a long job never gets the same soft ding as a quick fix. Anti-spurious guards ensure a ring only fires after a real running-to-idle transition, and an approval chime waits out a grace period so a policy that auto-answers it never makes a sound.

Built for developers who run long DSH tasks, step away from the screen, and need a reliable prompt that actually reaches them. Windows 10/11 is the verified target; macOS and Linux are best-effort. Configuration lives in three layers — a settings card, settings.yaml, and the composition entry — and every change takes effect on the next turn without a restart.