DeepSeek's experimental V4 Flash Vision model adds image understanding to the API at V4 Flash pricing, with Chat Completions, Messages, Responses and Files API support.
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Memory, repository instructions and tool permissions are not housekeeping. They decide what an agent can know, what it may do, and whether its work remains reviewable after the conversation ends.