[SOLVED] How to use Deepseek in Cursor?

Hey, thanks for the request. Right now, DeepSeek isn’t in Cursor’s native model list. V3 and R1 used to be available, but you can’t find them in Settings > Models anymore.

You can technically connect DeepSeek using your own API key via Add Custom Model with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, but there’s a catch. DeepSeek V4’s thinking mode requires returning reasoning_content after tool calls, and that can cause errors in the agent flow. Details and discussion here: Compatibility with DeepSeek model's design to return reasoning content after tool calls?

If you want native support back, the best move is to vote and leave a comment on the current feature request so the signal is in one place: Pls Add DeepSeek V3.2 There’s no ETA yet.