deepseek-r1-ext

This VS Code extension provides a chat interface for the DeepSeek-R1 model.
Currently it's using the deepseek-r1:7b which is a smaller model distilled from DeepSeek-R1 with better performance so it can be run on local hardware.

Features

• Chat with the DeepSeek R1 model directly within VS Code.
• Stream responses from the model in real-time.
• Simple and intuitive webview interface.

Requirements

• VS Code version 1.96.0 or higher.
• Ollama to interact with the DeepSeek R1 model.

Installation

• Download and install Ollama
• Download and install deepseek-r1-ext-0.0.1.vsix

To install a .vsix file in VS Code:

Go to the Extensions view. Click Views and More Actions... Select Install from VSIX... or

in your terminal, run the following commands:

    code --install-extension deepseek-r1-ext-0.0.1.vsix

To make sure the model is downloaded run the following command in the terminal:

    ollama run deepseek-r1:7b

Usage

• After the extension is installed you can start it by typing this command:

• Ask anything

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this extension or just want to use a different version of the deepseek-r1 model:

• Install Ollama api

    npm install ollama

• Check full list of models here
• In extension.ts modify this line of code

      const streamResponse = await ollama.chat({
            model:'deepseek-r1:7b',
            messages: [{role: 'user', content: prompt}],
            stream: true
        });
  

• Run and Debug extension

• Package extension

In VS Code terminal run:

    vsce package

Extension Settings

This extension does not add any VS Code settings through the contributes.configuration extension point.

Known Issues

• None at the moment.

Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release of DeepSeek R1 extension.

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Enjoy!