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DeepSeek Clarifies Claude Model Mapping and Flash Fallback

Checked on June 25, 2026: DeepSeek's official Anthropic API page says `claude-opus*` maps to V4 Pro, `claude-haiku*` and `claude-sonnet*` map to V4 Flash, unsupported model names automatically fall back to Flash, and the mapping can help bypass Claude Desktop developer-mode model-name restrictions.

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DeepSeek Documents GitHub Copilot CLI BYOK Setup

Checked on June 24, 2026: DeepSeek's official GitHub Copilot CLI page says teams should use the Anthropic-compatible endpoint, warns that the OpenAI provider triggers a `400` reasoning-content error, sets explicit token ceilings for `deepseek-v4-pro`, and clarifies that offline mode still sends prompts to DeepSeek.

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DeepSeek Publishes Official OpenClaw Integration Guide

Checked on June 22, 2026: DeepSeek's official OpenClaw page now documents `openclaw onboard --install-daemon`, QuickStart provider selection, manual entry of `deepseek-v4-pro` or `deepseek-v4-flash`, and follow-up launch routes through the dashboard, TUI, or terminal.

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DeepSeek Publishes Official AstrBot Integration Guide

Checked on June 21, 2026: DeepSeek's official AstrBot page now documents uv and Docker installs, a local web UI at `localhost:6185`, and a direct provider flow where users add DeepSeek, paste a DeepSeek API key, and set the default chat model inside AstrBot.

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DeepSeek Documents Oh My Pi Compatibility Setup

Checked on June 19, 2026: DeepSeek's official Oh My Pi integration page says the built-in DeepSeek entries are not reliable enough on their own, requires a custom `~/.omp/agent/models.yml`, and documents the exact compat fields needed to avoid 400 errors in thinking-mode tool-call sessions.

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DeepSeek Multimodal Models Stay Separate From the V4 API

Checked on June 18, 2026: DeepSeek's official research and GitHub surfaces already include multimodal work through Janus-Pro and DeepSeek-VL2, covering image understanding, OCR, document/chart reasoning, visual grounding, and text-to-image generation. Official V4 API docs still list V4 Pro and V4 Flash as text-first API routes, and DeepSeek's Copilot page says V4 itself is text-only with an optional vision proxy, so this should be framed as DeepSeek's multimodal ecosystem expanding rather than a newly confirmed native V4 Vision API.

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DeepSeek Publishes Official OpenCode Setup Guide

Checked on June 17, 2026: DeepSeek's official OpenCode integration guide tells existing users to upgrade to at least v1.14.24, switch providers through `/connect`, enter a DeepSeek API key, and select DeepSeek V4 Pro instead of relying on custom endpoint hacks.

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Report: DeepSeek Raises 50B Yuan While Founder Keeps Control

Checked on June 17, 2026: WSJ, The Information, Wallstreetcn, 36Kr, TMTPost, and other outlets now report that DeepSeek has closed a first external funding round of more than 50 billion yuan, with Liang Wenfeng investing 20 billion yuan, Tencent 10 billion yuan, and strict control terms around a Liang-managed limited partnership.

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DeepSeek Adds GitHub Copilot CLI BYOK Documentation

Checked on June 16, 2026: DeepSeek's official GitHub Copilot CLI guide now tells teams to route BYOK through the Anthropic-compatible endpoint, explains why the OpenAI provider path triggers a `400` reasoning-content error, and documents explicit prompt and output token caps for DeepSeek V4 Pro.

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