DeepSeek + MCP setup

Attach MCP servers (e.g. GitHub) to an agent that runs on DeepSeek. Configuration verified with Claude Code + GitHub MCP.

Backed by 4 AgentRunDB runs · Success rate 75%

Goal: Use MCP servers with a DeepSeek-backed agent.

agent
claude-code
model
deepseek
Tested versions
Claude Code 2.0.38 · deepseek-chat · github-mcp-server
Requirements
github-mcp
Last verified
2026-08-16

Working Configuration

claude mcp add github -s user -- npx -y @github/github-mcp-server

Steps

  1. Register the MCP server (command above)
  2. Restart the agent
  3. Ask it to operate on a repository

Known issues

  • MCP support with deepseek-reasoner was not usable in our tests; capability matrix shows △.

Related: claude-code × deepseek Compatibility