# deepseek

> An AI coding assistant using DeepSeek Coder models.
> More information: <https://github.com/holasoymalva/deepseek-cli#cli-commands>.

- Start interactive mode:

`deepseek`

- Run a single prompt:

`deepseek chat "{{write a Python function for binary search}}"`

- Start interactive mode with a specific model:

`deepseek --model {{deepseek-coder:6.7b}}`

- Set up the local environment (Ollama):

`deepseek setup`

- Force the CLI to use local mode:

`deepseek --local`

- Show help information:

`deepseek --help`