Manage Proxmox VE through conversation: 116 read + 116 write tools covering VMs, containers, storage, nodes, clusters, backups and firewalls, with API-token or username/password (ticket) auth.
Install
# from GitHub (first run asks for allowBuilds approval — follow the hint, retry)
dsh plugin --profile web add github:we39/dsh-pve
Any plugin you install runs third-party code with your own permissions — it can read your files, use your credentials, and reach the network, and tool approvals don’t sandbox it. GitHub-sourced plugins also run build scripts at install time — pnpm blocks those until you allow them, so an install can stop with ERR_PNPM_GIT_DEP_PREPARE_NOT_ALLOWED or ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS; dsh prints the exact key to add under allowBuilds in your profile’s pnpm-workspace.yaml, and the install works on the next run. Allowing a build is a trust decision: only install sources you trust, and pin a commit (github:owner/repo#sha).
README
A DeepSeek Harness plugin for inspecting and managing Proxmox VE (PVE) through conversation, authenticated with a PVE API token or a username/password (ticket) login.
Why dsh-pve
- Inspect nodes, QEMU VMs, LXC containers, storage, network, firewall, cluster, backup, HA, replication, Ceph, users, groups, roles and pools through conversation.
- Manage power state, clone, migrate, snapshot, resize and move disks, create/delete guests and storages, and manage backup/replication/firewall rules.
- Every write operation triggers a mandatory native user-approval prompt — the model cannot bypass it.
- Credentials (API token secret or login password) are kept in the local DSH credential store and never echoed back to the browser or the model.
Requirements
| Component | Supported baseline |
|---|---|
| Node.js | 20.11 or newer |
| DeepSeek Harness | 0.1.2-rc.1 |
| Proxmox VE | PVE2 JSON API (API Token auth on 6.0+, username/password ticket auth on 5.x) |
Installation (for the agent)
Once installed, the agent gains 232 pve_* tools automatically.
Local development:
npm ci
dsh plugin --profile <name> add link:/absolute/path/to/dsh-pve
Published, pinned tag (recommended):
dsh plugin --profile <name> add github:we39/dsh-pve#v<version>
Development branch (testing only):
dsh plugin --profile <name> add github:we39/dsh-pve
Restart the selected profile after installation. For a no-packaging dev loop, load the overlay directly:
dsh --profile <name> --patch ./cordis.patch.yml
Configuration
In DSH Web: Settings → Plugins → Proxmox VE control.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Base URL | e.g. https://pve.example.com:8006 |
| Authentication | API Token (PVE 6.0+) or Username / password (PVE 5.x compatible) |
| Token ID | user@realm!tokenid, e.g. monitor@pve!dsh — token mode only |
| Token Secret | The token UUID; stored write-only — token mode only |
| Username | e.g. root@pam — password mode only |
| Password | The login password; stored write-only — password mode only |
| Skip TLS verification | Enable for self-signed internal hosts (5.x and 6.0+) |
PVE 6.0+ → create an API token (Datacenter → Permissions → API Token) with the least privilege required. PVE 5.x has no API token → switch to username/password mode.
Tools
232 tools (116 read-only / 116 write) across 13 domains. All write tools require native user approval.
| Domain | Tools | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Cluster & overview | 8 | version, status, resources index, tasks, log, nextid, options |
| Nodes & tasks | 23 | status, config, services, disks, syslog, apt, SMART, task polling |
| Network | 12 | interface CRUD + reload, DNS, hosts, time |
| VMs (QEMU) | 22 | config, power, snapshot, clone, migrate, resize, move-disk, guest-agent, monitor |
| Containers (LXC) | 15 | config, power, snapshot, clone, migrate, resize |
| Storage | 11 | CRUD, content/volumes, upload, RRD |
| Firewall | 76 | rules / aliases / ipset / options / log across cluster·node·VM·CT scopes |
| Access control | 21 | users, groups, roles, domains, ACL |
| Pools | 5 | resource pools |
| HA | 13 | resources, groups, status, migrate / relocate |
| Backup | 6 | vzdump jobs + run-now |
| Replication | 9 | job CRUD, schedule-now, status / log |
| Ceph | 11 | status, OSD, pools, MON / MDS / FS, logs |
See docs/tools.md for the full per-tool reference (name, method, path, description).
Async operations return a UPID:... task id — the agent polls pve_task_status / pve_task_log to confirm completion.
Security
- Mandatory approval on every write operation — the model cannot bypass it.
- Secrets, tokens, and passwords are redacted before any response reaches the model.
- All PVE-returned data is treated as untrusted, never as instructions.
Development
npm install
npm run verify # node --check + node:test
Structure
index.js— generic execution engine + full endpoint catalog + write-approval gatewayclient.js— settings-page form card (slot keypve)cordis.patch.yml— bundle patch (insert idpve/ namedsh-pve)docs/tools.md— full tool referencetest/index.test.js—node:testunit tests
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