DeepSeek has released an open-source coding agent designed to compete with Anthropic’s Claude Code. The tool functions as a router-worker system that handles requests from GitHub and Feishu. DeepSeek describes the model as a research prototype intended to be more autonomous than previous iterations.
The new agent processes user requests more efficiently by using parallel worker sessions. DeepSeek claims the optimization reduces the p95 task completion time to 15.7 minutes. This is a significant improvement over the previous p95 task time of 29.5 minutes recorded before the changes.
DeepSeek is positioning this open-source release as a direct competitor to Anthropic’s product in the coding agent market. Developers looking for open alternatives to proprietary tools should test the prototype to see if it meets their workflow needs. The tool offers a potential new option for managing complex coding tasks.
