🧩 dsh-groupchat - Multi-Agent Group Chat Made Simple

💡 What Is dsh-groupchat?

dsh-groupchat is a plugin for DeepSeek Harness that turns a single AI chat window into a small group conversation. Instead of talking to one assistant, you talk to a room of assistants. Each member of the room can be given a different job, a different personality, or even a different underlying AI model.

Think of it as a meeting room. You are the host. You invite a researcher, a writer, a reviewer, and a fact-checker. When you speak, everyone hears you. When you type @writer, only the writer answers. Members can also hand work to each other, so a big task gets split up naturally instead of piling onto one overwhelmed assistant.

Because each member has its own separate session, the conversation stays organised. Nobody forgets what they were doing, and nobody starts repeating someone else's lines. You stay in control the whole time.

✨ What You Can Do With It

• Independent sessions. Every member keeps its own separate conversation thread, so details do not bleed from one helper into another.
• Multiple AI models in one room. Give one member a fast model, another a deep-thinking model, and compare their answers side by side.
• Personalised roles. Assign a name, a personality, and a set of instructions to each member so everyone behaves the way you want.
• Cross-group @ collaboration. Type an @ mention to direct a question to a specific member, or let members ping each other across different groups.
• Task division. Hand a large job to the room and let members split it into smaller pieces and report back with their parts.
• Member memory. Each member remembers what matters to it across the conversation, so you do not need to repeat your background every single time.
• Approvals. Members can pause and ask you for a yes or no before taking an important step, keeping you in charge of the outcome.

🚀 Download and Set Up on Windows

Everything you need lives on one page. You do not need an account, a payment method, or any programming experience to get started.

🖱️ Your Very First Group Chat

The fastest way to understand dsh-groupchat is to build a tiny room with two members and see how they behave differently.

1. Create a group. Give it a name you will recognise, such as "Weekend Planning". This is your meeting room.
2. Add your first member. Choose a name, pick a model, and write one or two sentences describing the job. For example: "You are a careful planner who always lists the practical costs first."
3. Add a second member. Make this one deliberately different — maybe a cheerful idea generator who suggests options without worrying about budgets.
4. Say hello to the room. Type a normal question and send it. Both members will respond in turn, each in their own style.
5. Try an @ mention. Type @ followed by a member's name to ask only that person. The others stay quiet, which is very useful when you want a focused answer.
6. Give them a shared task. Ask for a weekend plan and watch them divide the work: one proposes activities, the other checks the practical details.

👥 Choosing Roles That Actually Help

A group chat is only as good as its members. Three or four well-defined roles usually beat a crowd of vague ones. Here are combinations that work well for everyday users:

For writing: a drafter, an editor who tightens the wording, and a reader who checks that a beginner would understand it.

For research: a summariser, a skeptic who questions weak claims, and a note-taker who keeps the useful facts together.

For decisions: an optimist, a cautious reviewer, and a neutral chair who presents the final recommendation.

Keep each role description short and specific. "You are a strict proofreader" does more work than three paragraphs of general instructions. If two members start sounding identical, adjust one role description or move it to a different model — that difference alone often restores the variety.

🧠 Memory and Approvals, Explained Simply

Memory means each member keeps a private notebook. If you tell the group that your budget is limited, the planner remembers it and brings it up later without you repeating yourself. Because the notebooks are private, a member does not get confused by another member's notes.

Approvals are the polite pause button. When a member is about to do something significant — send a long final answer, make a commitment, or pass work along — it can ask you first. You see the request, you answer yes or no, and then the room continues. Nothing important happens behind your back.

🔧 If Something Does Not Work

• The folder will not open. Right-click the downloaded file and choose Extract All before opening anything. Double-clicking inside a compressed folder often hides the real files from Windows.
• Windows warns about the file. This is normal for files that arrive from the internet. Choose More info, then Run anyway if you trust the source — here, the official project page you downloaded from.
• Nothing appears after setup. Close DeepSeek Harness completely and open it again. New additions are usually picked up on a fresh start.
• A member never replies. Check that its instructions were saved and that it has a model selected. A member without a model has nothing to think with.
• The conversation feels slow. Reduce the number of active members, or move the chattiest ones to a lighter model. Fewer voices usually means faster answers.

❓ Common Questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You download it, unpack it, and use it inside DeepSeek Harness like any other feature. Everything else happens in plain language.

Is it free?

Yes. The project is open source and published publicly, so you can use it and look at how it works.

How many members should a group have?

Start with two or three. Add more only when a job genuinely needs another point of view — large groups take longer to answer and are harder to steer.

Can members talk to each other in other groups?

Yes. The @ mention system works across groups, which is what makes the cross-group collaboration feature useful for bigger projects.

Can I change a member's role later?

Absolutely. Edit the instructions whenever you like. The change takes effect in the next round of replies.

Where do I go for the download again?

Visit this link to download the application: https://github.com/sedai194443/dsh-groupchat

✅ The Short Version

Download the project from the link above, unpack the ZIP file on Windows, and open it inside DeepSeek Harness. Create a group, add two members with different personalities, and ask them a question. That is the whole learning curve.

From there you can grow the room: add a reviewer, switch a member to a different model, split a large task between them, and let the approval step protect the important moments. Each member keeps its own memory, so the longer the group works together, the smoother the results become.

It is a simple idea — several AI helpers in one conversation, each with a job — and it removes a surprising amount of copy-pasting from everyday work.

Ready to Start Your Group Chat?

Download dsh-groupchat now and give your AI helpers a room of their own.