DeepSeek Reference Implementation

The DeepSeek provider is one of the bundled reference implementations in GodeX. It demonstrates native reasoning effort support, cached token usage reporting, and defensive content array text extraction.

Module Structure

src/providers/deepseek/
├── spec.ts         # DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_SPEC declaration with capabilities and accessors
├── client.ts       # createDeepSeekProviderEdge() factory
├── hooks.ts        # Provider-specific hooks (patchRequest, usage mapping, deltas)
├── protocol/       # DeepSeek-specific type definitions
│   ├── completions.ts  # Request/response DTOs including thinking types
│   └── index.ts        # Barrel exports
└── index.ts        # Public exports

Spec Declaration

The DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_SPEC in spec.ts declares all capabilities, accessors, and hooks:

export const DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_SPEC: ProviderSpec<
  BridgeChatCompletionCreateRequest,
  ChatCompletion,
  ChatCompletionChunk,
  ChatCompletionRequest
> = {
  name: DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_NAME,
  protocol: CHAT_COMPLETIONS_PROTOCOL,
  capabilities: DEEPSEEK_SPEC_CAPABILITIES,
  endpoint: { defaultBaseURL: DEFAULT_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL },
  auth: BEARER_AUTH,
  toolName: DEFAULT_TOOL_NAME_CODEC,
  response: {
    firstChoice: deepSeekFirstChoice,
    finishReason: deepSeekFinishReason,
    outputText: deepSeekOutputText,
    usage: deepSeekResponseUsage,
  },
  stream: { deltas: deepSeekStreamDeltas },
  hooks: { patchRequest: deepSeekPatchRequest },
};

Capabilities

const DEEPSEEK_SPEC_CAPABILITIES: ProviderCapabilities = {
  parameters: {
    supported: new Set([
      "stream", "temperature", "top_p", "max_output_tokens",
      "safety_identifier", "user", "reasoning", "text.format",
    ]),
  },
  tools: {
    supported: new Set([
      "function", "local_shell", "shell", "apply_patch",
      "custom", "namespace",
    ]),
    degraded: new Map([
      ["local_shell", "function"],
      ["shell", "function"],
      ["apply_patch", "function"],
      ["custom", "function"],
      ["namespace", "function"],
    ]),
    maxTools: 128,
  },
  toolChoice: { supported: new Set(["auto", "none", "required", "function"]) },
  responseFormats: { supported: new Set(["text", "json_object"]) },
  reasoning: { effort: "native" },
  streaming: { usage: true },
};

Notable capability details:

• Native reasoning effort: DeepSeek supports reasoning.effort: "native", meaning the bridge maps Responses API effort values to DeepSeek's native reasoning_effort parameter.
• Tool degradation: Codex built-in tools (local_shell, shell, apply_patch, custom, namespace) are degraded to function type.
• Max 128 tools: DeepSeek accepts up to 128 tools per request.
• Cached tokens: DeepSeek reports prompt_cache_hit_tokens which are mapped to input_tokens_details.cached_tokens.

Hooks

deepSeekPatchRequest

Transforms the bridge's Chat Completions request for DeepSeek-specific behavior:

1. Maps reasoning_effort values: high → high, xhigh → max.
2. Sets thinking: { type: "enabled" } when reasoning is active or when historical messages contain reasoning_content.
3. Sets thinking: { type: "disabled" } when no reasoning is needed.

deepSeekStreamDeltas

Extracts typed deltas from DeepSeek's SSE chunks:

• content → text delta
• reasoning_content → reasoning delta
• tool_calls → tool call deltas (via shared mapCommonChatStreamDelta)
• usage → usage delta (with cached token mapping)
• finish_reason → finish reason delta

mapDeepSeekSpecUsage

Maps DeepSeek's usage format to the standard ResponseUsage type, including:

• prompt_cache_hit_tokens → input_tokens_details.cached_tokens
• completion_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens → output_tokens_details.reasoning_tokens

Client Construction

The createDeepSeekProviderEdge() function in client.ts builds the ProviderEdge:

1. Creates a ChatProviderClient with the provider's base URL, API key, and timeout.
2. Uses createProviderEdge() from the bridge kernel to wrap the spec, config, and HTTP methods.

Registration

The provider is registered in src/providers/builtin.ts:

export const DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_DEFINITION = createProviderDefinition(
  DEEPSEEK_PROVIDER_NAME,
  createDeepSeekProviderEdge,
);

The default DeepSeek base URL is https://api.deepseek.com. The default model is deepseek-v4-pro.

Content Handling

DeepSeek may return message.content as either a string or an array of content parts. The deepSeekOutputText accessor handles both cases, extracting text from type: "text" parts in array content.

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