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

deepclaude

Use Claude Code's autonomous agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or any Anthropic-compatible backend. Same UX, 17x cheaper.

What this does

Claude Code is the best autonomous coding agent — but it costs $200/month with usage caps. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores 96.4% on LiveCodeBench and costs $0.87/M output tokens.

deepclaude swaps the brain while keeping the body:

Your terminal └── Claude Code CLI (tool loop, file editing, bash, git — unchanged) └── API calls → DeepSeek V4 Pro ($0.87/M) instead of Anthropic ($15/M)

Everything works: file reading, editing, bash execution, subagent spawning, autonomous multi-step coding loops. The only difference is which model thinks.

Quick start (2 minutes)

1. Get a DeepSeek API key

Sign up at platform.deepseek.com, add $5 credit, copy your API key.

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