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Deepseek V4

by @jiajiaoy

Use DeepSeek V4 (Flash & Pro) from the command line — one-shot Q&A, thinking mode, multi-turn chat. OpenAI-compatible API, no special CLI needed. Supports de...

⚙️ Configuration

1. Get API key: https://platform.deepseek.com/api_keys

2. Set environment variable:

export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your_key_here

Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc to persist

📋 Tips & Best Practices

  • Thinking mode (--think) streams the internal reasoning before the final answer — useful for hard problems and to verify correctness
  • System prompt: --system "You are a concise assistant" to set tone
  • No streaming: --no-stream for cleaner output in scripts
  • DeepSeek's API is OpenAI-compatible — any OpenAI SDK works with base_url="https://api.deepseek.com/v1"
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    TERMINAL
    clawhub install deepseek-v4

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