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title: "GitHub - aattaran/deepclaude: Use Claude Code's autonomous agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or any Anthropic-compatible backend. Same UX, 17x cheaper."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/github---aattaran-deepclaude-use-claude-code-s-autonomous-agent-loop-with-deepseek-v4-pro-openrout-0rcoomwtj
source_url: https://github.com/aattaran/deepclaude
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2026-05-04T00:11:24.478Z
updated: 2026-05-04T00:11:51.144Z
tags: ["ai-agents", "powershell", "claude-code", "deepseek"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 3
comments: 0
language: en
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# GitHub - aattaran/deepclaude: Use Claude Code's autonomous agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or any Anthropic-compatible backend. Same UX, 17x cheaper.

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

deepclaude is an open-source wrapper that redirects Claude Code's API calls to cheaper backends like DeepSeek V4 Pro, OpenRouter, or Fireworks AI instead of Anthropic. It works by setting environment variables per-session so Claude Code's full tool loop (file editing, bash, git, subagents) runs unchanged, but model inference costs drop by up to 17x. DeepSeek V4 Pro at $0.87/M output tokens vs Anthropic's $15/M, with automatic context caching making agent loops even cheaper. A remote control mode with a local proxy splits WebSocket bridge traffic (still Anthropic) from model API calls (routed to the cheaper backend). Limitations include no image/vision support, no parallel tool use, and no MCP server tools through the compatibility layer.

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