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web_search tool in deepseek harness needs api key from deepseek and deepseek charges you as deepseek-v4-flash usage.

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I was experimenting with deepseek harness when found that even if you don't use deepseek models, you can configure the web_search tool with their api key and every hit will cost you as if you called deepseek-v4-flash model. It's a bummer. on top of that there is currently no other free web search p…

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  1. 2026-08-22 11:35 · r/LocalLLaMA
    web_search tool in deepseek harness needs api key from deepseek and deepseek charges you as deepseek-v4-flash usage.

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