The latest articles on DEV Community by Frank (@browny66). https://dev.to/browny66 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3926583%2Ffd41c826-8bcb-43e0-93a1-d96e9fb13b59.jpeg https://dev.to/browny66 en Frank Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:12:59 +0000 https://dev.to/browny66/deepseek-v4-flash-in-claude-code-not-reading-images-4c2k https://dev.to/browny66/deepseek-v4-flash-in-claude-code-not-reading-images-4c2k <p>Hey guys,</p> <p>I'm running DeepSeek-V4-Flash as the model in Claude Code within VS Code. Overall, I'm really impressed. The token rates (costs) are hard to beat, and DeepSeek delivers excellent results.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the model can't read images (e.g., pasted screenshots). Even when I have the images stored in a folder inside my project, DeepSeek is unable to access or interpret them.</p> <p>Does anyone have an idea how this could be made to work?</p> <p>It's quite cumbersome to manually describe every image or screenshot. With models like Claude Sonnet, this is much easier because they support image understanding directly.</p> <p>I'd appreciate any suggestions or workarounds. Thanks!</p> deepseek claude vscode ai