DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, 17x cheaper

69•alattaran•1h ago

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orliesaurus•50m ago

Is there a way to do this directly by using claudecode CLI (which I already have installed) and openrouter??

theanonymousone•48m ago

Yes, from Claude Code themselves: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/llm-gateway

gnat•47m ago

This repo's README explains how it works and you can do it yourself. claude looks for environment variables that say which API endpoint to talk to, which key to pass, which model name to use for haiku/sonnet/opus-level workloads, etc.

vitaflo•37m ago

Yes, Deepseek even documents how:

https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations...

esafak•47m ago

Why wouldn't you use something open source like OpenCode, which already support DSv4 and has more features than CC?

ttoinou•30m ago

More features than CC ?

Also opencode tracks you by default. Its not safe. Every first prompt you send is routed through their servers, logged and they can use your data however they want

dlx•15m ago

As someone who does use other models with CC, I am curious about opencode, what extra features does it have that you find essential?

esafak•5m ago

I like being able to add a wide array of models, define perms for agents and subagents, turn MCPs on and off at will, and be able to fix bugs I find in it.

_345•44m ago

If you're okay with sonnet level performance, this sounds like a straight upgrade. But I find that sonnet messes up too much, that it ends up not being worth cost optimizing down to using it or another sonnet-level model. Glad to have this as an option though

2ndorderthought•40m ago

A lot of people are having good experiences doing things like using opus for designing and using locally hosted qwen3.6 for implementation.

I could see a serious cost reduction story by using opus for design and deepseek for implementation.

Personally I would avoid anthropic entirely. But I get why people don't.

girvo•36m ago

Like me: that’s what I do. Either Opus 4.7 or GLM 5.1 for planning, write it out to a markdown file, then farm it out to Qwen 3.6 27B on my DGX Spark-alike using Pi. Works amusingly well all things considered.

2ndorderthought•35m ago

How is glm 5.1? I have t tried it yet but have been meaning too

aftbit•26m ago

What hardware are you using to power this?

2ndorderthought•42m ago

Oh shoot now the next CC upgrade will blow your subscription for doing this

alexdns•40m ago

obviously vibe coded ( co authored ) + the prices dont even match

2ndorderthought•38m ago

It's going to be real hard to find headlines that weren't vibe coded from here on out unfortunately.

cyanydeez•32m ago

welp, pack it it in boys, it was nice conceptualizing all you as real humans on the internet. I guess I'll just have to go touch grass if I want to feel parasocial.

dragontamer•4m ago

I mean, we have the tech and community to actually build in person meetups and sign CRT certificates, right?

If we touch grass in person and swap certificate requests, we can actually rebuild a trust network.

This is a pretty old problem with regards to clubs / secret societies and whatnot. And with certificates / PKI, our modern security tools have solved all the technical problems.

SchemaLoad•11m ago

Unless I actually know the author I assume everything here is vibeslop and full of mistakes.

Maybe I need to switch to some news publication that actually does real research and writing still. Because public forums like this have been completely destroyed by LLMs.

vitaflo•39m ago

I'm not exactly sure what the point of this is. Deepseek already has instructions to use its API with many CLI's including Claude Code directly:

https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/agent_integrations...

2ndorderthought•37m ago

There probably isn't a point. Someone didn't understand something, didn't research it, so they 1 shotted their first thought and sent it to the front page of HN and all of their socials. It's the future bruh

ttoinou•28m ago

I thought the tool format wasnt exactly the same ? So plugging any IA into claude code requires a conversion of format

ricardobeat•18m ago

Many of them expose “anthropic-compatible” APIs for this very purpose.

aftbit•30m ago

    #!/bin/sh
    export ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic
    export ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN=sk-secret
    export ANTHROPIC_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash
    export CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1
    exec claude $@

nadermx•10m ago

The AI wars have begun

aaurelions•4m ago

It seems like any project that makes fun of Claude is bound to reach the top spot on Hacker News. Even if it’s just a project consisting of four lines of code.

morpheos137•20m ago

anthropic messed up big time harness works with any muh commodity LLM, meanwhile VCs were duped on the myth of FOOM AGI, probably not a cooincidence Anthropic is enmeshed with the scifi fan fic forum known as lesswrong. The world wants useful tools. The bay area bubble in contrast thrives on Mythos.

justech•10m ago

If you're looking for Claude Code alternatives, I would first suggest looking into pi.dev or opencode for your harness. And then for models, you can choose from OpenCode Go (IMO most cost effect at this moment), OpenRouter, or direct from DeepSeek. Better if you go the Kimi route IMO and just buy a subscription from kimi.com

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