Whale – 98% Cache Hit with DeepSeek

Whale, an open-source AI coding agent optimized for DeepSeek, launched with a claimed 98% prompt cache hit rate, enabling cost-efficient AI-assisted coding across terminal, desktop, and CI environments. The tool supports long context, tool calling, dynamic workflows, and MCP servers, positioning itself as a DeepSeek-native alternative to generic multi-model wrappers.

简体中文 /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/README.zh.md · English Blazingly fast · ~98% prompt cache hit · Zero bloat Whale — AI coding agent for DeepSeek, in any environment. Long context, tools, and programmable workflows — start in the terminal, scale to desktop and beyond. Any platform: npm install -g @usewhale/whale macOS: brew install usewhale/tap/whale Linux: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usewhale/Whale/main/scripts/install.sh | sh Windows PowerShell: Requires Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 or later. irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usewhale/Whale/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex Windows CMD: powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usewhale/Whale/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex" Set your DeepSeek API key whale setup Launch the interactive TUI whale That's it. Type your question and Whale starts working — reading files, running commands, editing code, searching the web. Need a different model provider, proxy, or custom config? See Configuration . | What | Why it matters | |---|---| 💰 ~98% prompt cache hit | Whale reuses cached context aggressively — most prompts hit cache, slashing costs to pennies per session. DeepSeek pricing × Whale caching = AI-assisted coding at scale. | 🐋 DeepSeek-native | Built for DeepSeek's long context 1M tokens , tool calling, and cost efficiency — no generic multi-model wrapper | 🔁 Dynamic Workflows | Write JavaScript scripts that orchestrate multiple agents — fan-out research, multi-perspective review, pipelines. Claude Code compatible. | 🔌 MCP | Plug in 1,000+ MCP servers for extended tooling — file ops, shell, git, web, and more | 🧩 Skills + Plugins | Install community skills code review, git workflows, etc. or write your own | Whale's Dynamic Workflows let you script multi-agent orchestration in JavaScript: js // .whale/workflows/research.js const results = await parallel = agent "Search for best practices in Go error handling" , = agent "Find common Go error handling mistakes" , ; return agent "Synthesize both findings into a concise guide" ; Fan-out research · Multi-perspective review · Pipeline processing · Adversarial validation ✅ Claude Code compatible— workflow scripts written for Claude Code work as-is in Whale. — run⚠️ Disabled by default /config in the TUI and enable Dynamic workflows , or add workflows enabled = true to .whale/config.local.toml . Learn more: Workflow Overview /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/workflows.en.md · Custom Workflow Guide /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/custom-workflows.en.md | Extension | What it does | Get started | |---|---|---| MCP Servers | Connect to 1,000+ tools databases, APIs, browser automation | | Skills docs/skills.en.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/skills.en.md Subagents docs/agents.en.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/agents.en.md Plugins docs/plugins.en.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/plugins.en.md Hooks docs/hooks.en.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/docs/hooks.en.md Whale currently offers three interfaces — with more environments on the way: | Interface | When to use | |---|---| TUI whale | Interactive coding sessions — chat, review, iterate with full context | CLI whale ask "..." | One-shot questions, quick code reviews, single commands | whale --headless | CI/CD, automated PR reviews, scheduled tasks | Multi-model shell. Whale is DeepSeek-first — optimized for DeepSeek's caching, tools, and pricing. IDE replacement. Whale is not an IDE — it's an agent that meets you wherever you code: terminal, desktop, or CI. Whale is in active development. Best suited for personal projects, experimental repositories, and workflows where changes can be reviewed and rolled back. Disclaimer:This project is not affiliated with DeepSeek Inc. It is an independent open-source community project. See CONTRIBUTING.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md for local development, testing, issues, and PRs. Current direction and available tasks: ROADMAP.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/ROADMAP.md . Security issues: SECURITY.md /usewhale/Whale/blob/main/SECURITY.md . Whale stands on the shoulders of giants: Charmbracelet https://charm.sh — Bubble Tea, Lip Gloss, Glamour, and the entire TUI ecosystem fastschema/qjs https://github.com/fastschema/qjs — QuickJS Go bindings for workflow scripting spf13/cobra https://github.com/spf13/cobra — CLI framework alecthomas/chroma https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma — Syntax highlighting yuin/goldmark https://github.com/yuin/goldmark — Markdown parsing modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk — MCP protocol support tetratelabs/wazero https://github.com/tetratelabs/wazero — Pure-Go WebAssembly runtime And the many open-source libraries we depend on — thank you.