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DeepSeek Harness Adds Tool to Hand Tasks to Local Codex and Claude Code

DeepSeek Harness v0.2.2-alpha.2 introduces an experimental subagent_oar tool that sends self-contained tasks to a locally installed Codex CLI or Claude Code, alongside PR views and a stats plugin. Separately, a malicious AGENTS.md in a Downloads folder was found hijacking these agents.

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-10-31 15:37 · DEV Community — AI
    A Poisoned AGENTS.md in ~/Downloads Hijacked Codex and Claude Code. Here's Where the Scrub Step Fits.
  2. 2026-10-30 01:59 · Pandaily
    DeepSeek Harness Pre-Release Lets Its Main Agent Hand Off Tasks to Local Codex and Claude Code

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