What is DeepSeek-V4-Flash?
DeepSeek opened public beta for the official DeepSeek-V4-Flash API — a 200B-parameter model that keeps the same structure and size as the preview (DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731) but delivers a large jump in capability through post-training alone. Agent skills now exceed the V4 Pro preview on internal benchmarks; Responses API support removes fragile JSON parsing; Codex support lets developers wire it into OpenAI's coding toolchain. V4-Pro API and web/app models are unchanged for now; a full V4-Pro release is expected soon. FreeMake.cc curates this guide for teams comparing AI stacks — image creation remains on our dedicated generators.
Agent upgrade
Stronger tool use, planning, and multi-step workflows — tuned for real dev and automation tasks.
Codex-ready
Works with OpenAI Codex in VS Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT desktop via official setup scripts.
Responses API
Native structured output — stable schemas for tools, databases, and RPA without JSON lottery.
Post-training gains
Same 200B footprint as preview; benchmark lifts on DSBench-FullStack and DSBench-Hard.
