Use okdata in DeepSeek Harness: the built-in MCP client

Connect it

1. Open the place MCP servers are added. Edit $DSH_HOME/profiles/<profile>/cordis.patch.yml (or $DSH_HOME/cordis.patch.yml for every profile; $DSH_HOME is ~/.dsh by default) and add an entry for the built-in MCP client.
2. Paste the configuration. Replace the key placeholder with your own key.

   - insert:
       - id: mcp-okdata
         name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client'
         config:
           serverName: okdata
           transport: streamable-http
           url: https://api.okdata.online/mcp
           headers:
             Authorization: 'Bearer okd_…'
           toolCallTimeoutMs: 120000

3. A new file holds []: replace it rather than appending below it. Check with dsh --profile <profile> --dump-config, then start a new session.
4. Ask it to list the tools. The reply should match the one below.

Check it works

“List the okdata tools.”

okdata is connected with 5 tools: find describe the data you need in words; get up to five capabilities with what they need, the price and a ready call. It never offers another platform in place of the one asked for; describe read the full contract of one to five capabilities: parameters, links taken, price and the most a call can cost, paging, fields and an example item; call fetch one page of data as text: the first lines say what it cost, the balance left and how to get the next page. Failed calls are free; max_price caps a call; read_more read the rest of an answer that was cut at about 20 KB, or the same result in another view, for 24 hours; account balance and the key’s spending limits, a receipt for one call, usage by day or capability; which capabilities are up, even without a key. Only call costs money. The catalog has 214 endpoints on 17 platforms.

None of this costs anything.

A first conversation

“What is on Weibo hot search right now?”

2 tool calls · 1 charged · $0.002

Then try: “Use okdata to show me what is on Weibo's hot search right now.”

Tips for DeepSeek Harness

• Let the free tools run without asking. Allow find, describe and account; keep call on “ask” if you want to approve every charge.
• Ask for the cost first. “Tell me what this will cost before you call anything” works in every client.
• Give each client its own key. Create one per app in the console; revoking it then touches nothing else.
• Retries are safe. A resent call with the same idempotency_key is never charged twice, and failed calls are free.

What to know about DeepSeek Harness

• DeepSeek Harness is a developer preview and says its settings may change.
• Its tool timeout is 60 seconds unless set; the entry above gives two minutes.
• If the server cannot be reached the harness still starts, but no okdata tools appear.

If something is off