Use DeepSeek in Kilo Code

Steps

1. 1
   Step 1.

   Create an API key in the API keys section of the DeepSeek Platform (https://platform.deepseek.com/api_keys).

2. 2
   Step 2.

   VS Code extension: open Settings (gear icon), go to the Providers tab, add DeepSeek and enter your API key. The extension stores this in your kilo.json config file.

3. 3
   Step 3.

   CLI: set the API key as an environment variable.

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   export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-api-key"

4. 4
   Step 4.

   CLI: or configure it in ~/.config/kilo/kilo.json or ./kilo.json (verbatim from Kilo docs).

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   {
     "provider": {
       "deepseek": {
         "env": ["DEEPSEEK_API_KEY"],
       },
     },
   }

5. 5
   Step 5.

   Set your default model. Kilo's docs show "deepseek/deepseek-chat". Replace it with a current DeepSeek id, for example:

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   {
     "model": "deepseek/deepseek-flash",
   }