## Summary
* add native DeepSeek provider support via the shared OpenAI-compatible
provider base
* allow `deepseek/...` model prefixes in config validation
* add `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` and `DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL` settings
* add DeepSeek entries to `.env.example` and `config/env.example`
* implement `DeepSeekProvider` and register it in provider dependencies
* add a DeepSeek request builder with DeepSeek-specific thinking payload
handling
* preserve Anthropic thinking blocks as `reasoning_content` for
DeepSeek-compatible continuation flows
* update `claude-pick` to discover DeepSeek models from the DeepSeek API
* document DeepSeek usage in `README.md`
* add tests for config validation, provider dependency wiring, request
building, and streaming behavior
## Motivation
DeepSeek exposes an OpenAI-compatible API and can be used directly
without routing through OpenRouter. This lets users spend their existing
DeepSeek balance through the proxy while keeping the same Claude Code
workflow and per-model provider mapping.
## Example
```dotenv
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="sk-..."
DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL="https://api.deepseek.com"
MODEL_OPUS="deepseek/deepseek-reasoner"
MODEL_SONNET="deepseek/deepseek-chat"
MODEL_HAIKU="deepseek/deepseek-chat"
MODEL="deepseek/deepseek-chat"
---------
Co-authored-by: Alishahryar1 <alishahryar2@gmail.com>
Replace dropped params (thinking, reasoning_split, include_reasoning,
return_tokens_as_token_ids, reasoning_effort) with the new API format:
chat_template_kwargs.enable_thinking=True and reasoning_budget=max_tokens.
The max_sessions cap in CLISessionManager was the only thing enforcing
a limit on concurrent CLI processes. Now that provider concurrency is
controlled at the streaming layer (PROVIDER_MAX_CONCURRENCY semaphore),
the CLI session pool cap is redundant and removed entirely.
Changes:
- cli/manager.py: remove max_sessions param, cap check, _cleanup_idle_sessions_unlocked, max_sessions from get_stats()
- config/settings.py: remove max_cli_sessions field
- api/app.py: remove max_sessions=settings.max_cli_sessions from CLISessionManager constructor
- messaging/handler.py: remove "Waiting for slot" status check; stats display no longer shows Max CLI
- .env.example: remove MAX_CLI_SESSIONS line
- tests/cli/test_cli.py: remove max_sessions args and assertion from manager tests
- tests/cli/test_cli_manager_edge_cases.py: remove two tests for cap/cleanup behavior
- tests/api/test_app_lifespan_and_errors.py: remove max_cli_sessions from all SimpleNamespace settings
- tests/config/test_config.py: remove max_cli_sessions isinstance assertion
- tests/conftest.py: remove max_sessions from mock stats
- tests/messaging/test_handler.py: merge slot/capacity tests into single new-conversation test; remove Max CLI assertion from stats test
- tests/messaging/test_handler_markdown_and_status_edges.py: remove "Waiting for slot" assertion; drop max_sessions from all stats mocks
https://claude.ai/code/session_014mrF1WMNgmNjtPBuoQHsbg
- Validate whisper_device in Settings and _get_local_model
- Reject 'auto' with clear ValueError/ValidationError
- Update docs in config, .env.example, README
- Add tests for invalid device and valid cpu/cuda
Co-authored-by: Ali Khokhar <alishahryar2@gmail.com>
