DeepSeek Operator Alternative

Open-source ChatGPT Operator alternative using DeepSeek R1 and browser automation.

Information:

• Created using Aider and DeepSeek R1

• Check out the Circus Scientist blog and tutorial site for more interesting AI and IOT related projects.

• Original Blog Post about DeepSeek Operator

• DeepSeek api is pretty unreliable currently, expect this app to fail for no reason a lot

• MIT License have fun

• No guarantees, AI wrote the whole thing and I take no responsibility, please check the code there's not much

• DeepSeek and OpenRouter providers are functional (OpenRouter using Meta-Llama by default)

• DeepSeek API can be unreliable and slow

• Ollama remains untested due to hardware requirements

Setup

• tested on Python 3.12

1. Clone repo & create virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/Mac
# venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Create api_secrets.py file with the following:

DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="**********"
OPENROUTER_API_KEY="****************"

Usage

Command Line Options

# Basic task execution
python operator_agent.py --task "Book flight from NYC to London on Dec 25th"

# Specify provider
python operator_agent.py --provider ollama  --task "Research AI news"

# Specify provider and model
python operator_agent.py --provider openrouter --model "anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku" --task "Research AI news"
python operator_agent.py --provider openrouter --model "anthropic/claude-3-opus" --task "Analyze market trends"

# Save results to file
python operator_agent.py --task "Compare smartphone prices" --save
python operator_agent.py --task "Weather report analysis" --save --filename "weather_analysis.txt"

# Web UI with specific provider
python operator_agent.py --gradio --provider ollama

Provider Options

• --provider: Choose AI backend (deepseek|openrouter|ollama)
  • Default: deepseek
  • Default models:
    • DeepSeek: "deepseek-reasoner"
    • OpenRouter: "meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct" (requires careful prompting but works)
    • Ollama: "deepseek-r1:1.5b" (untested)
• --model: Override default model for selected provider
• --save: Automatically save results to timestamped .txt file
• --filename: Specify custom filename for saved results

Web UI

python operator_agent.py --gradio

Example Tasks

• "Find cheapest iPhone 15 on Amazon and save results to file"
• "Research AI news from last week and summarize key points"
• "Book 2 tickets for Avatar 3 at nearest cinema tonight"

Features

• 🤖 Multi-provider support (DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Ollama)
• 🌐 Browser automation integration
• 💬 Gradio web interface
• 📂 File output saving with --save/--filename
• 🔐 Local environment security
• ⚙️ Model customization per task

Note: Requires Chrome/Firefox installed. First run may download browser drivers.