deepseek-worker

DeepSeek Worker

Send a prompt to DeepSeek via browser and return the response.

Environment

• URL: https://chat.deepseek.com
• Browser: Chrome on localhost:9222 (managed by local-browser-tools)
• Login: Required — session persisted in ~/.cache/browser-tools profile
• Tools: browser-start.js, browser-nav.js, browser-eval.js, browser-screenshot.js

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Input

prompt: string        # The text to send to DeepSeek
task_type: string     # qa | summary | translation | rewrite | extraction | comparison | brainstorming | analysis

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Output

Always output this JSON block first:

{
  "site": "deepseek",
  "task_type": "<task_type>",
  "status": "success | partial | error",
  "answer": "<extracted response text>",
  "retry_count": 0,
  "elapsed_ms": 0,
  "error_reason": null
}

Then follow with a short human-readable summary (2–3 sentences max).

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Workflow

Step 1 — Start browser

node ~/.pi/agent/skills/local-browser-tools/browser-start.js

Expected: ✓ Chrome already running on :9222 or ✓ Chrome started on :9222

If fails: return error status, stop.

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Step 2 — Navigate to DeepSeek

node ~/.pi/agent/skills/local-browser-tools/browser-nav.js https://chat.deepseek.com

Take a screenshot and verify:

• Textarea input box is visible with placeholder "Message DeepSeek"
• Not showing a login form

If login page appears: return error_reason: "login_required", stop.

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Step 3 — Locate input box

DeepSeek uses a <textarea> with placeholder="Message DeepSeek". Note: no aria-label.

Check:

!!document.querySelector('textarea[placeholder="Message DeepSeek"]')

Fallback selectors in order:

1. textarea[placeholder="Message DeepSeek"]
2. textarea

If no selector works after 3 attempts: trigger retry.

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Step 4 — Insert prompt

DeepSeek uses React — setting textarea.value directly does NOT update React's internal state and will cause "Message is empty" on send. Must use nativeInputValueSetter: