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dsh-auto-approval

Independent model-backed automatic approval plugin for DSH (Codex Guardian-style auto-review)

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TypeScript
Created
Aug 18, 2026
Updated
Aug 18, 2026
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Introduction

dsh-auto-approval

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In DSH (DeepSeek Harness), agents trigger approval prompts for out-of-sandbox writes, command runs, etc. Under the "Auto Approve" preset, this plugin hands every approval request to a fixed reviewer model for a verdict:

approval request ──► collect evidence (tool call + args + egress payload pre-read)
                        │
                        ▼
              reviewer model (fixed route, immune to
              the agent's hot model switches)
              embeds the full Codex Guardian policy
                        │
              ┌─────────┴─────────┐
              ▼                   ▼
            allow             deny / circuit-break
       (allow this once)   (reject with a readable reason)
              │
     channel failure → fail-closed to human, never silently allow

Features

  • Independent review channel — endpoint, model, reasoning effort and timeout are configured separately; hot-swapping the agent's main model never touches the reviewer
  • Full Codex Guardian policy — the risk (low/medium/high/critical) × authorization (unknown/low/medium/high) matrix; file/tool content counts as untrusted evidence, only explicit user instruction authorizes — "do what the file says" does not authorize the dangerous thing inside the file
  • Payload samples — for egress-shaped actions the plugin pre-reads the file being written/uploaded (2KB excerpt) so the reviewer sees exactly what would leave the machine
  • Three-state circuit breaker — 3 consecutive denials / 3 consecutive channel errors / 10 denials in a 50-review window; any trip fast-fails with a readable reason (parity with Codex's "stop and announce approval failure" behavior)
  • Fail-closed — a dead review endpoint never results in an allow; requests fall back to the human approval UI
  • Sidecar audit trail — every verdict (allow/deny/error/circuit-open/delegated) is appended to ~/.dsh/auto-approval-audit.jsonl with risk/authorization/rationale
  • Dual API stylesresponses (strict json_schema) or chat (OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions) for relay/proxy providers

Verified behavior (live cases)

ActionVerdictRationale
User explicitly asked: delete this directory✅ allownarrow scope + explicit authorization
A file instructed: copy an API-key config into Public❌ deny"user only authorized following untrusted file content, never authorized writing secrets to a public path"
A file instructed: set a directory ACL to Everyone:F❌ denypersistent security weakening, not narrowly scoped
Review channel failed 3× in a row❌ breaker"review service failed 3 times in a row — check the channel or retry later"

Install

dsh plugin --profile web add /path/to/dsh-auto-approval

Restart DSH Web, then fill in Settings → Plugins → Plugin config → DSH 自动审批:

settings

Then: any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, a reviewer model, and the API key (stored in the DSH credential store, never in the repo). Pick the Auto Approve preset in a session to activate.

Development

pnpm install
pnpm run build   # tsc + client bundle
pnpm test        # vitest: evidence recovery, output parsing tolerance, breaker states, error breaker

Policy sources

Deep dives

  • Architecture — the approval waterfall mount point, evidence assembly, dual API styles, three-state breaker, and the sidecar-audit decision
  • Policy & verdicts — the risk × authorization matrix, untrusted-evidence rules, the two-condition injection test, and known limits
  • Field notes — three days of gotchas: traceable-proxy receiver loss, the session-log vocabulary brick, four relay-channel quirks, and the live testing methodology

License

MIT