DSH Codex Kanban

An AI-native Kanban and Codex chat fusion plugin for DeepSeek Harness.

It gives DeepSeek, Codex, and you one durable view of the work. DeepSeek can plan and maintain cards through tools. Codex can implement or review a card through the official DSH Codex provider. You get a local operator dashboard where context, acceptance criteria, blockers, execution reports, and verification evidence survive every chat.

Release state: 0.1.0 is an early public release. Use it locally, keep important work in Git, and report rough edges.

Why this exists

Chat is good at thinking, but weak at holding operational truth over time. A promising answer can look the same as tested work. This plugin makes the states explicit:

backlog → ready → running → review → done

Blocked work moves to blocked with a reason. A Codex run always lands in review, never done; a human or agent must inspect it and attach evidence first.

This is useful when you:

• move between several repositories and AI chats;
• want DeepSeek to coordinate while Codex handles bounded coding work;
• need to remember exact blockers, owners, test results, commits, or URLs;
• want a local visual board without giving a cloud task service your project context;
• care about the difference between planned, edited, tested, reviewed, and finished.

What you get

• Durable model-callable board: cards live in a local JSON file, not browser storage.
• Official Codex delegation: kanban_codex uses @deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent-codex and your existing Codex CLI authentication.
• Evidence-aware workflow: acceptance criteria, blockers, evidence, and Codex reports stay on the card.
• Local operator cockpit: search, owner filters, card creation, live updates, detail review, and handoff-copy actions.
• Safe defaults: the dashboard binds to 127.0.0.1, mutations reject foreign browser origins, and the state file is written with owner-only permissions.
• No hidden completion: successful Codex work becomes review; failed delegation becomes blocked.

Quick start

1. Prerequisites

• Node.js 22.19 or newer.