Cui Tianyi said that Claude Mods and DeepSeek Harness are converging in their plugin-based approaches
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AT A GLANCE
Cui Tianyi said that Claude Mods and DeepSeek Harness both adopt a plugin-based approach, but the latter has a broader scope of openness.
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Cui Tianyi:Claude Mods and DeepSeek Harness Different Paths, Same Destination
Dongcha Beating AI breaking news,Claude Mods after its launch,DeepSeek Harness Cui Tianyi, the team lead, commented that the two approaches are converging. In Claude Code,Mod is essentially still a plugin;DeepSeek Harness has treated the entire Agent Harness as plugin-based from the outset.
The main difference lies in the scope of openness. Claude Code currently exposes only some capabilities as Mod s。DeepSeek Harness exposes the model, tools,Skills, sessions, sandbox, file system,Agent Loop, orchestration, and UI all as plugins that can be freely replaced, combined, and extended.DeepSeek Harness officially calls this architecture “Everything is a Plugin.”DeepSeek Harness’s Creator Mode also allows the Agent to inspect the current runtime directly, write plugins on the spot, and save them. It can use this to modify UI, adjust Agent Loop, add tools, and even change the orchestration approach. Cui Tianyi therefore joked that what was formerly called “Plugin Engineering” might now also be called “Mod Engineering.”
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Key points
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Claude Mods After its launch,DeepSeek Harness team lead Cui Tianyi commented that the two approaches are converging.
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The article says that in Claude Code,Mod is essentially still a plugin.
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The article says that DeepSeek Harness has treated the entire Agent Harness as plugin-based from the outset.
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Claude Code currently exposes only some capabilities as Mod s。
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The article says that DeepSeek Harness exposes the model, tools,Skills, sessions, sandbox, file system,Agent Loop, orchestration, and UI all as plugins.
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DeepSeek Harness The official description calls this architecture “Everything is a Plugin.”
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The article says that Creator Mode allows the Agent to inspect the current runtime, write plugins on the spot, and save them.
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Cui Tianyi joked that what was formerly called “Plugin Engineering” might now also be called “Mod Engineering」。
AI-assisted interpretation
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Both use plugins to extend Agent capabilities. The main difference described in the article is the degree of openness: Claude Code currently exposes only some capabilities as Mod s, while DeepSeek Harness designs multiple components, including the model, tools, interface, and runtime loop, as replaceable and composable plugins.Creator Mode is also described as enabling the Agent to inspect its environment at runtime and write and save plugins.
Why it matters to readers
If core components can all be replaced or combined as plugins, developers will have a broader range of adjustable elements. This content reflects the similarities between the two Agent tools in their plugin-based direction, as well as differences in their scope of openness.
Beginners can understand plugins as modules that add or replace software capabilities. Looking at which parts can be modified helps assess how customizable a tool is; however, this article does not provide actual operating instructions.
Risks and unknowns
The only evidence is a single news item, with no official documentation from Claude Code or DeepSeek Harness.
The article does not specify which capabilities Claude Mods actually exposes.
The article provides no information about Creator Mode actual runtime performance, stability, permission boundaries, or security limitations.
The compatibility of the two plugin mechanisms cannot be confirmed based solely on this article.
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