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title: "Use deepseek in Claude Code"
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[Ian Nuttall](https://ian.is/)

# Use deepseek in Claude Code

September 5, 2025

you can also do the same thing to use deepseek in Claude Code btw

![export DEEPSEEK\_API\_KEY="sk-YOUR-DEEPSEEK-API-KEY" deepseek() { export ANTHROPIC\_BASE\_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic export ANTHROPIC\_AUTH\_TOKEN=$DEEPSEEK\_API\_KEY export API\_TIMEOUT\_MS=600000 export ANTHROPIC\_MODEL=deepseek-chat export ANTHROPIC\_SMALL\_FAST\_MODEL=deepseek-chat export CLAUDE\_CODE\_DISABLE\_NONESSENTIAL\_TRAFFIC=1 claude $1 }](https://ian.is/media/tweets/1963909998129377542/1963909998129377542/525ecf161a60bfaed1218c429ff103f56c1bc02197d874aef1e4c767f791cbdb.jpg)

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