deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · Error

Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" needs a description

Error message

Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" needs a description

What it means

Error "Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" needs a description" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/extensions/cordis-host-runner/src/inspect-registry.ts:207

    if (signal.aborted) onAbort()
    else this.ctx.emit('cordis/inspect-query', request)
    try {
      const resolution = await result
      if (!resolution.ok) throw new Error(`${providerId}.${methodName}: ${resolution.message}`)
      return resolution.data
    } finally {
      signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort)
    }
  }
}

function view(platform: CordisInspectPlatform, manifest: CordisInspectProviderManifest): CordisInspectProviderView {
  return { platform, ...manifest, methods: [...manifest.methods] }
}

function validateManifest(manifest: CordisInspectProviderManifest): CordisInspectProviderManifest {
  if (manifest.id.trim() === '') throw new Error('Cordis inspect provider id must not be empty')
  if (manifest.description.trim() === '') throw new Error(`Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" needs a description`)
  const names = new Set<string>()
  const methods = manifest.methods.map((method) => {
    if (method.name.trim() === '') throw new Error(`Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" has an empty method name`)
    if (names.has(method.name)) throw new Error(`Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" repeats method "${method.name}"`)
    if (method.description.trim() === '') throw new Error(`Cordis inspect method ${manifest.id}.${method.name} needs a description`)
    assertSupportedJsonSchema(method.inputSchema)
    assertSupportedJsonSchema(method.outputSchema)
    names.add(method.name)
    return Object.freeze({ ...method })
  })
  return Object.freeze({ ...manifest, methods: Object.freeze(methods) })
}

function findMethod(manifest: CordisInspectProviderManifest, name: string): CordisInspectMethodManifest {
  const method = manifest.methods.find(candidate => candidate.name === name)
  if (method === undefined) throw new Error(`Cordis inspect provider "${manifest.id}" has no method "${name}"`)
  return method
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/extensions/cordis-host-runner/src/inspect-registry.ts:207 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness@b150a551b8 (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/45173ea362bddc82. Report an issue: GitHub.