DeepSeek Adds WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy Model Configuration

What we verified on June 26, 2026

• DeepSeek now has an official WorkBuddy or CodeBuddy integration page inside the agent-integrations section of the API docs.
• The page publishes exact local file locations instead of leaving desktop users to guess: a user-level C:\Users\<your-username>\.codebuddy\models.json path and a project-level <your-project>\.codebuddy\models.json path.
• DeepSeek gives a concrete endpoint contract for both V4 models: https://api.deepseek.com/v1/chat/completions with deepseek-v4-pro and deepseek-v4-flash exposed through the local model list.
• The docs also add a surprisingly specific failure guard: save models.json as UTF-8 without BOM, because some desktop versions may fail to read local model files when a BOM header is present.
• The official troubleshooting order is operationally useful: fully restart WorkBuddy or CodeBuddy, then verify the API key with a direct curl call before assuming the UI or model selector is broken.

Sources

• DeepSeek English homepage
• DeepSeek official WorkBuddy or CodeBuddy integration guide
• DeepSeek official Kilo Code integration guide
• DeepSeek official Context Caching guide
• DeepSeek official change log
• DeepSeek official status page
• DeepSeek official GitHub organization
• DeepSeek official Hugging Face organization
• DeepSeek official X account surface