The DeepSeek Agent for Your Mac

DeepSeek exposes a tool-use schema that mirrors the OpenAI functions format. You send JSON schemas, the model returns structured arguments, and your code executes the named tool. It is the same interface every major agent framework already speaks.

A raw Tool Call is just a JSON payload. Floatboat turns those payloads into file reads, browser clicks, terminal commands, calendar lookups, and app control — so DeepSeek can act on the folders and apps already open on your Mac.

Floatboat runs a production-tested ReAct loop: plan, act, observe, repeat. It keeps long-term memory across sessions and can plug in any MCP server as another tool, so research, coding, and workflow agents share one client.

DeepSeek's web chatbot is great for reasoning and drafting, but it cannot see your Downloads folder, drive Chrome, control a native app, or remember what you asked about last week. The conversation resets every session.

The API gives you raw model access, but you still write tool schemas, manage the ReAct loop, store memory, and build a UI. It is powerful infrastructure, not a finished agent surface.

Floatboat takes the same DeepSeek model and wires it into local files, headless browser, native macOS apps, calendar, and long-term memory. Every successful run can become a reusable Combo Skill.

Both are built for engineers inside a repository. They accept a DeepSeek API key via base_url and operate on a file tree and diff view. Excellent for software development; not for cleaning a folder or drafting a proposal.

Cursor is a code editor that lets you plug in DeepSeek as a model provider. The surface is still code-centric: files, diffs, and chat inside the IDE. The rest of your Mac stays outside the loop.

Floatboat treats DeepSeek as one model inside a Mac work agent. The working surface is the whole desktop — folders, browser tabs, native apps, calendar — and you can switch models per task without an API key or IDE.

Built for V4 Pro and Flash with plan, agent, and YOLO modes, plus sandboxing, MCP, and sub-agents. Powerful, but the interface is a terminal and the user is assumed to be a developer.

A DeepSeek-native coding agent tuned for prefix cache efficiency. It lives in the shell and optimizes long-context code workflows. Again, engineer-first and code-first.

Deep Code brings DeepSeek into VS Code with thinking and reasoning-effort toggles. It is a code-editor extension, not a general desktop agent for files, browser, and calendar.