diff --git a/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/dsh-default-workspace.test.ts b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/dsh-default-workspace.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42476f28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/desktop-electron/src/main/dsh-default-workspace.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import { createRequire } from "node:module"
+import path from "node:path"
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url"
+import { expect, test } from "vitest"
+
+function workspaceControllerRoot() {
+  const dsh = createRequire(import.meta.url).resolve("@deepseek-ai/dsh/package.json")
+  const web = createRequire(dsh).resolve("@deepseek-ai/dsh-web-app/package.json")
+  return path.dirname(createRequire(web).resolve("@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller/package.json"))
+}
+
+test("the first-use workspace is created under Documents/PawWork", async () => {
+  const entry = path.join(workspaceControllerRoot(), "lib/types/default-directory.js")
+  const { defaultWorkspaceDirectory } = await import(pathToFileURL(entry).href)
+  const signal = new AbortController().signal
+  await expect(defaultWorkspaceDirectory("/Users/someone/Documents", signal, { platform: "darwin" }))
+    .resolves.toBe("/Users/someone/Documents/PawWork/default-workspace")
+  await expect(defaultWorkspaceDirectory("C:\\Users\\someone\\Documents", signal, { platform: "win32" }))
+    .resolves.toBe("C:\\Users\\someone\\Documents\\PawWork\\default-workspace")
+})
+
+test("no workspace-controller code still names the upstream directory", () => {
+  const lib = path.join(workspaceControllerRoot(), "lib")
+  const offenders = readdirSync(lib, { recursive: true, encoding: "utf8" })
+    .filter((file) => file.endsWith(".js"))
+    .filter((file) => /["']deepseek-harness["']/.test(readFileSync(path.join(lib, file), "utf8")))
+  expect(offenders).toEqual([])
+})
diff --git a/patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4.patch b/patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9845c58b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
+index 743644a7a69f7071fda73a036061eec7a6660ef1..92da0ad1f2095de0eb2b52230e0e87e50a845e29 100644
+--- a/lib/index.js
++++ b/lib/index.js
+@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ async function defaultWorkspaceDirectory(documentsDirectory, signal, internals =
+ 	}
+ 	directory = validateDocumentsDirectory(directory, platform);
+ 	signal.throwIfAborted();
+-	return paths.join(directory, "deepseek-harness", DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY);
++	return paths.join(directory, "PawWork", DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY);
+ }
+ //#endregion
+ //#region lib/types/index.js
+diff --git a/lib/types/default-directory.js b/lib/types/default-directory.js
+index 6df7843e5177464a2b690b95ac02ee03207b4fd6..50093583258884c4d3ae859a797436b730dcc061 100644
+--- a/lib/types/default-directory.js
++++ b/lib/types/default-directory.js
+@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@ export async function defaultWorkspaceDirectory(documentsDirectory, signal, inte
+     }
+     directory = validateDocumentsDirectory(directory, platform);
+     signal.throwIfAborted();
+-    return paths.join(directory, 'deepseek-harness', DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY);
++    return paths.join(directory, 'PawWork', DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_DIRECTORY);
+ }
+ //# sourceMappingURL=default-directory.js.map
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7428602fe..6c75768a4 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ overrides:
   zod@>=4.0.0 <4.6.6: 4.6.7
 
 patchedDependencies:
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4': f0c1ad9f5f621379914c5d166562118dee495f4e479882b0f78f3ee95e507136
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai@0.2.1-rc.4': 5fbcd2919e8f286499c7050166cb64df9979847875764de5a69ccac48e9cfe4e
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client@0.2.1-rc.4': e959aba5d381aa9307d5ce382bcbc9d49d8cd3bb3d6bdebd911c5f722ed47afc
 
@@ -8420,7 +8421,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@xterm/headless': 6.0.0
       zod: 4.6.7
 
-  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4(c7efc405f8cb93a019546377db84d0d2)':
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4(patch_hash=f0c1ad9f5f621379914c5d166562118dee495f4e479882b0f78f3ee95e507136)(c7efc405f8cb93a019546377db84d0d2)':
     dependencies:
       '@deepseek-ai/cordis': 4.0.5(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-include@1.0.10)(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-loader@1.0.6)
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-gateway': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)
@@ -10967,7 +10968,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-session-controller': 0.2.1-rc.4(52063594cbbddaeb9ca2132f71c2cf59)
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-settings-controller': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-preset-registry@0.2.1-rc.4(0b3a1368e40f48ccc4f79a04a0d6ad87))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-native-command@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-session@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-settings@0.2.1-rc.4(0cb0dac60f28f72d8dec33474a1093fb))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-typert-protocol@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-terminal-controller': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-subprocess@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-http-proxy@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)))
-      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller': 0.2.1-rc.4(c7efc405f8cb93a019546377db84d0d2)
+      '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller': 0.2.1-rc.4(patch_hash=f0c1ad9f5f621379914c5d166562118dee495f4e479882b0f78f3ee95e507136)(c7efc405f8cb93a019546377db84d0d2)
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-files': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-app-boot': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-group@1.0.5(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-loader@1.0.6)(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-include@1.0.10)(@deepseek-ai/cordis-plugin-loader@1.0.6)(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-home-paths@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))(@deepseek-ai/dsh-launch-environment@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))
       '@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-connection': 0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5)(@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope@0.2.1-rc.4(@deepseek-ai/cordis@4.0.5))
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index ea31faedd..9f6db44a8 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -48,5 +48,6 @@ overrides:
   'zod@>=4.0.0 <4.6.6': 4.6.7
 
 patchedDependencies:
+  '@deepseek-ai/dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4': patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-api-workspace-controller@0.2.1-rc.4.patch
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm-pi-ai@0.2.1-rc.4': patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-llm-pi-ai@0.2.1-rc.4.patch
   '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client@0.2.1-rc.4': patches/@deepseek-ai__dsh-mcp-client@0.2.1-rc.4.patch