dstools: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

dstools CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from lijiatuk/dstools. It costs 1,053 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project guide for dstools, a local MCP server that adds image understanding and deep research to the DeepSeek-V4 model. It documents the server's commands, design, model settings, and how to add a tool.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when installing dstools, configuring its models and API keys, learning how its tools work, or extending the server with another tool.
Why use it?
It gives developers one reference for understanding and modifying the repository. It explains the project-specific setup instead of leaving contributors to infer the architecture from the code.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

This is lijiatuk/dstools's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on dstools itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything dstools configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 76 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md — dstools

A reference for anyone (human or AI) working in this repo.

What this is

dstools is an MCP server that gives DeepSeek-V4 (a text-only model) two capabilities it lacks natively: image understanding and deep research. It exposes 5 tools over stdio / Streamable HTTP / SSE.

DeepSeek-V4 specifics (verified 2026-06-30 via the official API docs)

  • API is OpenAI-compatible; base_url=https://api.deepseek.com (Anthropic format at /anthropic). Use the openai SDK.
  • Models: deepseek-v4-flash (cheap/fast) and deepseek-v4-pro (heavy). The legacy deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner are deprecated 2026-07-24.
  • Thinking mode: toggle via extra_body={"thinking": {"type": "enabled"|"disabled"}} (default enabled); effort via reasoning_effort (high/max). In thinking mode temperature/top_p are silently ignored; CoT is returned as message.reasoning_content.
  • JSON output: response_format={"type": "json_object"}. Tool calls: standard OpenAI function format. Context caching: automatic (keep system prompts constant to benefit).

Adaptations live in src/dstools/llm/deepseek.py: per-call thinking toggle, reasoning_content capture, JSON mode, retry with backoff, pro/flash model split (pro for synthesis, flash for cheap planning).

Commands

uv sync --extra dev          # install
uv run dstools serve         # run MCP server (stdio)
uv run dstools serve --transport http --port 8000
uv run dstools inspect       # list tools + param schemas
uv run dstools doctor        # what's configured (keys/providers)
make lint && make typecheck && make test
uv run python examples/mcp_client_demo.py   # end-to-end stdio smoke test

Architecture

  • server.py — FastMCP instance + tool registration (create_server()).
  • cli.py — dstools CLI (serve / inspect / doctor / cache / version).
  • config.py — Settings (pydantic-settings, env + .env). DeepSeek fields also accept the generic LLM_* aliases (LLM_API_KEY/LLM_BASE_URL/LLM_MODEL/...).
  • runtime.py — lazy singletons; wraps search/fetcher in the cache when enabled.
  • cache.py — opt-in on-disk retrieval cache (RetrievalCache + caching wrappers).
  • llm/ — DeepSeekClient (V4-aware) + VisionClient (pluggable multimodal).
  • search/ — providers: DuckDuckGoSearchProvider (keyless default, ad-filtered, retry/backoff) + BraveSearchProvider + TavilySearchProvider (both keyed).
  • web/fetcher.py — async page fetch (streamed, size-capped) + HTML→Markdown; defines the Fetcher Protocol satisfied by PageFetcher and the cache wrapper.
  • tools/ — logic functions (testable, DI) + register(mcp) wrappers; deep_research = plan → round loop (search/fetch/refine) → rerank → synthesize. _ctx.py makes ctx calls defensive (never crash on missing session).
  • utils/ — image I/O + text helpers.

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dstools CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository lijiatuk/dstools (1 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,053 tokens to every session, about $0.0042 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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