I replaced myself with DeepSeek as tech lead for Claude Code

#python #ai #productivity #opensource

Claude Code can write code better than most of us. But it still needs someone to lead — decide what to build next, break the task down, review the output, keep things moving.

I was spending more time managing Claude Code than it spent doing the actual work. Even with plan mode.

I was still the bottleneck.

So I built supervis.

What supervis does

supervis puts DeepSeek between you and Claude Code as a senior tech lead. You describe what you want once. DeepSeek plans the approach, delegates tasks to Claude Code, reviews results, and keeps going until the whole thing is done.

No researching which framework to use, no figuring out project structure, no learning state management patterns first. DeepSeek handles those decisions — you just tell it what you want built.

Live demo

I gave it one prompt:

"Have Claude build a markdown note-taking app with live preview and deploy it to Cloudflare Pages."

DeepSeek planned the architecture, told Claude to scaffold the project, build the editor, wire up live preview, handle persistence, run the build, and deploy. I didn't touch the keyboard once after the initial prompt.

The result:

🌐 Live app
📦 Source code — every commit from Claude Code, directed by DeepSeek

How it works

DeepSeek tells Claude Code what to do. Claude Code explores the codebase, writes code, runs builds, and reports back. DeepSeek reviews the results and decides the next step. You watch everything happen in real time through the TUI.

Under the hood, every task is a call to:

claude -p <prompt> --output-format stream-json --permission-mode bypassPermissions

Full transparency, zero interruptions.

Quick start

pipx install supervis
cd your-project
supervis

You need:

Claude Code installed (subscription is enough)
A DeepSeek API key

What's in v1.1.1

Live streaming display for DeepSeek output
Input history (up/down arrows)
Message queue management (/queue, /cancel)
Toggle reasoning display (/reasoning) to see DeepSeek think
File-based logging with --debug flag
Three model profiles: deepseek-chat with thinking, without thinking, and deepseek-reasoner