# Support DeepSeek-R1 as an option

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914 "2025-01-20T17:55:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Rain](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Rain)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/1 "2025-01-20T17:55:21Z")

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> **[Reasoning Model (deepseek-reasoner) | DeepSeek API Docs](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/reasoning_model)**
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> deepseek-reasoner is a reasoning model developed by DeepSeek. Before delivering the final answer, the model first generates a Chain of Thought (CoT) to enhance the accuracy of its responses. Our API provides users with access to the CoT content...

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**Author:** ![raw.works](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/raw.works/32/500_2.png) [@raw.works](https://forum.cursor.com/u/raw.works)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/2 "2025-01-21T01:45:30Z")

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> [@Custom model section in Settings \> Models](https://forum.cursor.com/t/custom-model-section-in-settings-models/37487/2):
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> this is what it should look like:

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**Author:** ![dotowl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/dotowl/32/30895_2.png) [@dotowl](https://forum.cursor.com/u/dotowl)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/3 "2025-01-21T09:12:43Z")

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Does openrouter work? [DeepSeek R1 - API, Providers, Stats | OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/deepseek/deepseek-r1)

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**Author:** ![DesertWalker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/desertwalker/32/18093_2.png) [@DesertWalker](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DesertWalker)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/4 "2025-01-21T15:08:06Z")

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currently the Cursor team is working overtime to test if Deep Seek is climate and trans friendly enough for them to be able to include it

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**Author:** ![hiteck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/hiteck/32/11334_2.png) [@hiteck](https://forum.cursor.com/u/hiteck)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/5 "2025-01-21T15:17:19Z")

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Please allocate more servers to Deepseek, now v3 is too slow and hardly useable.

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**Author:** ![helLf1nGer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/hellf1nger/32/15104_2.png) [@helLf1nGer](https://forum.cursor.com/u/helLf1nGer)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/6 "2025-01-21T23:21:59Z")

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gotta use deepseek-reasoner for o1 replacement

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/support-deepseek-r1-as-an-option/42914/7 "2026-06-18T10:25:10Z")

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