DeepSeek TUI v0.8.28 Adds Doctor, Docker and Skill Paths

The meaningful changes checked today are:

• Latest stable has moved to v0.8.28 on the main GitHub repository.
• Setup guidance is broader and more operational: the README now tells users to run deepseek doctor, explains that credentials are saved in ~/.deepseek/config.toml, and documents auto mode, session resume, and explicit model routing more clearly.
• Docker is now listed as an official install path in the project README alongside npm, Cargo, release binaries, and Scoop.
• Skill discovery is more concrete: the README now lists both workspace and global skill directories, including .agents/skills, .claude/skills, .cursor/skills, and ~/.deepseek/skills, plus GitHub-based community skill install commands.
• Security posture is explicit now: the GitHub security page says only the latest stable release is supported, and it publicly lists multiple advisories published on May 9-10, 2026. That makes "stay on old install snippets" a bad recommendation.

Practical setup guidance

The May 15 update already covered the paired-binary install requirement and the MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY failure mode. Today's delta is different: it changes what a safe, current "baseline install" looks like.

The best public guidance now is:

1. Install the current stable release, not an older 0.8.17 example.
2. Use npm, Cargo, Docker, Scoop, or verified release binaries from the official repo.
3. Save credentials with deepseek auth set --provider deepseek.
4. Run deepseek doctor immediately after install.
5. Treat README skill paths and the security policy as part of the setup documentation, not as secondary trivia.

Sources

• DeepSeek TUI GitHub repository
• DeepSeek TUI install docs
• DeepSeek TUI security policy and advisories
• DeepSeek official Claude Code integration guide
• DeepSeek V4 Flash model card