DeepSeek + Agent Skills
Which agents honor Agent Skills when running on DeepSeek — current verified state and workarounds.
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Goal: Understand Agent Skills compatibility under DeepSeek.
- agent
- claude-code
- model
- deepseek
- Tested versions
- Claude Code 2.0.38
- Last verified
- 2026-08-16
Current state
- Claude Code loads Skills normally; execution quality depends on tool calling, which is reliable on deepseek-chat.
- Other harnesses: skills support varies — see each compatibility page.
Recommendation
Prefer deepseek-chat over deepseek-reasoner when Skills trigger tool usage.