DSH plugin market first week: browse to uninstall

"I installed seventeen plugins in week one and uninstalled all of them in week two." That sentence captures the typical beginner curve with dsh plugin market: a few days of excited shopping, then days of untangling conflicts and residue (2.2.5 index). The problem is not the plugins but the pace — the first week should build a habit, not a pile. This article splits seven days into five stages with one job each, starting from the market page of DSH Plugin Hub.

Days 1–2 in dsh plugin market: browse, search, read cards

The first two days are for building a map, not installing: learn what the four tabs do and use search plus categories to cut candidates to ten or fewer. Once the map exists, every later step gets faster.

1. Open Settings → Plugin Market and click each of the four tabs once, learning the layout without installing anything.
2. Search function words across three groups: what you use daily, what you want to try once, and what looks fun but uncertain.
3. Keep only two or three candidates per group, narrowing with category and topics.
4. Read each candidate card for version, update time, category, topics and verified, leaving stars for last.
5. Write the shortlist into a note with a "why I need it" line, and delete anything you cannot justify.

Day one is about knowing the roads; day two is about subtraction. By the end you should have a shortlist with reasons, not a screen full of bookmarks.

Day two search recipe

1. Search the function word you use every day — the must-have zone.
2. Search one capability you have wanted to try but are unsure about.
3. Search one completely unfamiliar topic only to understand the ecosystem, without installing.
4. Keep two or three per group and move the rest into "look later".
5. Delete any candidate whose purpose you cannot write down.

Days 3–4: install, confirm and verify DSH plugin activation

Installation starts on day three, one plugin at a time: install, restart, verify, then move to the next. Install three at once and you cannot tell which one broke things.

1. Pick the first candidate, click Install, and read the plugin name, source and command in the confirmation dialog.
2. Confirm and wait, watching notifications for a pending-restart reminder.
3. Fully quit and restart DeepSeek Harness, then open the entry or command the plugin provides.
4. Invoke the capability once, confirming that more than a UI element appeared.
5. Check system logs for activation errors; if clean, install the next one.

Two days later, the ideal state is two or three working plugins, each with an entry you can point to and a use you can describe. When an install fails, do not retry in a loop; follow how to read notifications when an install fails and treat the failure as part of week one's learning.

Day 5: updating plugins and pinning versions in DSH Plugin Hub

Day five is dedicated to updates: see which plugins really have a new version, then decide whether to update and whether to pin. Updating is not "click whenever offered"; it is a small version decision.

1. Open the installed list and note which entries show Update Available.
2. For each one, read the version details in the update dialog and judge whether the changes affect what you use.
3. Update one at a time, then restart and verify the entry after each.
4. For plugins you choose not to update, record the reason; consider pinning only when you need to hold a version.
5. If an update fails, work through restart, retry once, then roll back.

The value of day five is experiencing a full update cycle while the plugin count is small. The first update with dozens installed is much riskier. For a badge that will not clear, see the update badge stays lit.

Days 6–7: uninstall a DSH plugin, clean residue, rehearse rollback

Days six and seven subtract: uninstall one plugin you genuinely do not need, complete the residue cleanup and rehearse a rollback without changing anything. Knowing how to uninstall is part of knowing how to manage.

1. Pick a plugin you installed but never used from the installed list and click Uninstall.
2. Read the uninstall confirmation, verify the plugin name and source, then remove it.
3. Check residue in the order manifest, cache, configuration, logs.
4. Open another plugin's uninstall confirmation, read it, then click Cancel to learn where rollback lives.
5. Record the plugin name, version and cleaned items in your notes.

Uninstalling is not failure; it is management. Walk the full loop once in week one, and later conflicts or replacements will not catch you off guard.

For exact residue locations, see what remains after an uninstall.

End of week: a DeepSeek Harness environment checklist

At week's end, four signals show a healthy environment: every plugin has a purpose and a verification record, no update is left hanging, and no obvious residue remains. Meeting all four matters more than the install count.

1. You can state one sentence for every installed plugin: what you use it for.
2. Every plugin has a verification record: where the entry is and whether invocation works.
3. No update badge stays lit without a decision, or you have recorded why you are not updating.
4. Uninstalled plugins left no obvious residue, and the profile manifest has no old package names.
5. You know where uninstall and rollback live, and you have rehearsed at least once.

The first week is about managing, not accumulating. When you return to the market next week, you will notice you no longer chase stars and new arrivals but ask first which of your problems a plugin solves. To strengthen search technique, read five ways to search for a plugin; for pre-install checks, read the 60 seconds before clicking Install.