dsh-plugin-subagent-delete

DeepSeek Harness (DSH) plugin that adds the missing subagent lifecycle interface:

• delete_subagent — permanently delete a subagent session and take it out of the web UI list
• release_subagent — stop / release a subagent without deleting its transcript
• list_subagents — list the calling session's descendant subagents (including finished one-shot subagents)

Compatible with DSH 0.1.0-rc.8.

Why

DSH's built-in subagent control surface only provides send_message, interrupt_agent and list_agents. There is no delete/release endpoint, so finished one-shot and stale continuable subagents keep accumulating in the web UI list. This plugin fills that gap with an ownership-checked, model-callable tool plus optional HTTP routes.

Install

dsh plugin --profile web add github:heiheiha798/dsh-plugin-subagent-delete
# or pin to the published release
dsh plugin --profile web add github:heiheiha798/dsh-plugin-subagent-delete#v0.2.0
# or from a local checkout
dsh plugin --profile web add /path/to/dsh-plugin-subagent-delete

Restart the profile, then start a new session. The session gains three tools.

Tools

list_subagents

list_subagents({})                      // all descendants
list_subagents({ activity: "running" }) // running only
list_subagents({ mode: "one-shot" })    // one-shot only

Returns the caller's descendant subagent tree: id, label, mode (one-shot | continuable), activity (running | inactive), depth, parentId and hasChildren.

delete_subagent

delete_subagent({ subagent_id: "0fcfbdd6-5d21-46a4-bd95-2ca6edac1261" })
delete_subagent({ subagent_id: "<id>", recursive: true })

Permanently removes the subagent:

1. verifies the target is a descendant of the calling agent's session (descendant discovery uses the official ctx.subagents.listDescendants);
2. stops the live agent / drains a resident continuable Activation;
3. flushes and detaches the live session from ctx.sessions;
4. removes the on-disk session log directory (both uuid spellings);
5. removes the session_projcache row;
6. removes the id from workspace accounting and the archive set.

Without recursive: true a target that still has descendants is refused with has-descendants. Deletion is child-first and permanent.

release_subagent

release_subagent({ subagent_id: "<id>" })
release_subagent({ subagent_id: "<id>", recursive: true })

Stops the current turn and releases a resident continuable Activation via ctx.subagents.drainContinuableChildren, but keeps the durable transcript. The subagent remains resumable with send_message.

Web UI auto-refresh

DSH has an official refresh path for subagent creation (session/created → host/session-added) but no symmetric contract for deletion: for a durable subagent, host/session-removed is treated by the client as a status change (running: false) only, so the sidebar list and subagent catalog are not refreshed.

This plugin works around that gap without patching DSH: after every permanent delete the host publishes a short-lived marker session through the official prepare → enter → announce → detach lifecycle seam, and the bundled web client component (lib/client.js) watches the public sessions.list snapshot. When the marker child is removed it debounces (350ms) and calls sessions.refresh() plus sessions.refreshSubagents(parentId) for the affected parents. Open web clients therefore update the subagent count immediately — no manual page reload required. The marker's _no-cwd artifact is swept after detach, so the refresh glue leaves no residue.

HTTP routes (web profiles)

For client integration and local debugging the host plugin registers:

• GET /dsh-plugin-subagent-delete/list?parentSessionId=<id>[&activity=…][&mode=…]
• POST /dsh-plugin-subagent-delete/delete { "parentSessionId": "<id>", "subagentId": "<id>", "recursive": false }
• POST /dsh-plugin-subagent-delete/release { "parentSessionId": "<id>", "subagentId": "<id>", "recursive": false }

HTTP callers must name the same parentSessionId the target descends from; the same ownership check runs on every mutation.

Safety

• A subagent can only be deleted by its own session-tree ancestor. Foreign or unknown ids return not-your-subagent / not-found.
• Running subagents are cancelled and awaited (15s quiescence bound) before their files are removed.
• File removal is confirmed before workspace accounting is stripped, so a failed delete cannot produce a half-removed row.

Development

npm test        # node --test
npm run check   # syntax check + tests
npm run pack:dry

The test suite includes unit tests and an integration fixture created from ten real one-shot test subagents (see test/fixtures/test-subagents.json).

License

MIT