Terminal-native agent for DeepSeek

A coding agent for people who still believe the shell should be powerful.

deeptide brings DeepSeek into a Mac-native terminal harness: real tools, project memory, multimodal context through Paean AI, and a path to private local inference on MacBook Pro, Mac Studio, and Mac mini.

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  • Swift-built
  • Signed and notarized
  • Local-ready
deeptide DeepSeek agent online
tide doctor 
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System
  Runtime         Swift · macOS native
  Binary          ~/.local/bin/tide
  Signing         Developer ID · notarized

Agent
  Model           deepseek-v4
  Tools           files · shell · git · MCP
  State           cwd-scoped memory

Context
  Gateway         Paean AI
  Vision bridge   Gemini Flash Lite
  Local path      dsgo · ds4 · offline
$ curl -fsSL https://deeptide.sh/install.sh | sh

Downloads the signed build for your Mac architecture. Audit the script

Craft over spectacle

The details that make a shell tool feel trustworthy.

deeptide is not trying to replace the terminal. It is trying to become the sharpest DeepSeek-shaped tool inside it.

01

Native where it matters

Keychain auth, Notification Center, terminal title updates, clickable file paths, power checks, signed distribution, and Apple hardware awareness are treated as product fundamentals.

02

Tuned for DeepSeek

The harness is shaped around DeepSeek's long context, streaming reasoning, project memory, and a direct text-only fallback when the gateway is not configured.

03

Tools, not theater

File edits, shell execution, git context, MCP servers, hooks, cron jobs, slash commands, and sub-agents live behind a small tide-spec contract.

04

Context when the model needs eyes

Through Paean AI, screenshots and documents can be described before they enter the DeepSeek coding conversation.

Mac-native, local-ready

For the strongest privacy and cost structure, bring the model home.

deeptide is optimized for macOS because Apple hardware is becoming a serious local AI workstation. With the open dsgo and ds4 Mac inference engines from GitHub, deeptide can pair with local DeepSeek V4 Flash inference on MacBook Pro, Mac Studio, and Mac mini.

LOCAL

Offline top-tier agent work

Run the agent loop against local DeepSeek V4 Flash where hardware allows, keeping code, prompts, and project context on your own machine.

COST

A different cost curve

Cloud APIs are still useful, but local inference changes the daily economics for long sessions, repeated iteration, and private repositories.

ENGINE 
local DeepSeek path
  Hardware   MacBook Pro · Studio · mini
  Engine     dsgo · ds4
  Model      DeepSeek V4 Flash
  Mode       offline · private · low cost

A calmer loop

From prompt to patch without leaving the project.

The agent reads the same repository you are in, acts through explicit tools, and keeps verification close to the command line.

1

Read the workspace

Search, inspect files, and restore project-scoped sessions without pulling the developer out of flow.

2

Make the change

Let DeepSeek reason with the harness, edit deliberately, and use sub-agents when the task benefits from parallel work.

3

Verify in place

Run builds, tests, linters, and git checks from the terminal where the work already happened.

Developer note

Built as dogfood, shared as an invitation.

deeptide began with a simple question: if DeepSeek is strong enough, what kind of harness would let it feel genuinely useful in everyday development?

The answer was not a bigger chat window. It was a smaller, more disciplined tool: native to the Mac, close to the shell, honest about permissions, and practical about cost.

We are sharing it because the next generation of developer tools should not be defined only by the largest platforms. Builders who care about open models, local workflows, and careful engineering deserve tools they can inspect, improve, and argue with.

Built by operators

Part of a working AI product ecosystem.

A8E builds and runs products where AI has to survive real users, real costs, and real workflows. deeptide comes from that operating context.

clide.app

Clide

A native Mac terminal product for modern shell work, file context, panes, and AI-assisted workflows.

 paean.ai

Paean AI

The gateway and product platform behind multimodal model access, credits, routing, and user context.

 0.works

0.works

A product surface for practical AI-native work, automation, and everyday knowledge workflows.

 a8e.ai

A8E Group

The company behind deeptide and the broader Paean product line.

Install options

Pin a version

Bypass the latest pointer for scripts, CI, or reproducible workstation setup.

DEEPTIDE_VERSION=v0.6.63
curl -fsSL https://deeptide.sh/install.sh | sh

Custom install dir

Default is ~/.local/bin. Override to any directory already on PATH.

DEEPTIDE_BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin
curl -fsSL https://deeptide.sh/install.sh | sh

From source

Build, strip, and install a local copy. Requires Swift 6.0+ and macOS 15+ SDK.

git clone https://github.com/paean-ai/deeptide.git
cd deeptide
scripts/release.sh --install

Not on a Mac? Use zero-cli.

zero-cli is the cross-platform sibling. It can also be launched with the tide alias and provides a workflow close to deeptide on non-Mac systems.

curl -fsSL https://0.works/install.sh | bash
bun add -g @paean-ai/zero-cli