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DeepSeek DeepSeek Behavior

This page covers the toggles and options that control how IntenseRP interacts with DeepSeek. Most of these are simple on/off switches, but a few have some nuance worth knowing about.

DeepThink

DeepThink is DeepSeek's reasoning mode. When enabled, the model "thinks through" problems step-by-step before giving you an answer. This can make responses smarter and more thorough, but also slower and sometimes changes the tone. (for better or worse!)

Enable DeepThink

Toggles the DeepThink button in DeepSeek's interface.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Enable DeepThink

Send DeepThink

When enabled, the model's thinking process is included in the response, wrapped in <think> tags:

<think>
Let me consider how to approach this...
The user seems to want a casual conversation.
I should respond in a friendly way.
</think>

Hey! What's up?

If disabled, you only get the final response - the thinking happens behind the scenes but isn't sent to SillyTavern.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Send DeepThink

Model Override

You can also control DeepThink per-request using the model name in SillyTavern:

Model Name Behavior
deepseek-auto Uses your IntenseRP settings
deepseek-chat Forces DeepThink off
deepseek-reasoner Forces DeepThink on

This is handy if you want to quickly switch modes without digging into settings.

Toggles DeepSeek's web search feature. When enabled, the model can look things up online to provide more accurate or up-to-date information.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Enable Search

Note

Search results aren't directly included in the response - the model just uses them to inform its answer. You won't see citations or links unless the model decides to include them.

File Upload Mode

Instead of typing your message into DeepSeek's chat box, IntenseRP can upload it as a text file attachment. This is useful for very long prompts that might hit DeepSeek's input limits.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Send As Text File

Doesn't work on Expert anymore

IntenseRP supports running both Instant and Expert modes of DeepSeek, but file upload has been removed by DeepSeek in Expert mode. So if you enable this setting while using Expert, IntenseRP will likely just ignore it and send the prompt as text like normal.

File Upload Timeout

When uploading files, DeepSeek takes a moment to process them before the send button becomes active. This setting controls how long IntenseRP waits (in seconds) before giving up.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → File Upload Timeout

Default is 15 seconds, which should be plenty for most cases. Increase it if you're on a slow connection/PC or uploading very large prompts.

First Chunk Timeout

This controls how long IntenseRP waits for DeepSeek's response stream to actually start after the request has been sent.

Settings -> Provider Behavior -> DeepSeek -> First Chunk Timeout (s)

Default is 45 seconds.

If DeepSeek is being slow to wake up, or your machine/browser is not the fastest, raising this can help avoid false timeout errors.

Note

This timeout is mainly about the start of the response stream, not the full generation time. Once the stream is active, the normal idle timeout logic takes over.

Anti-Censorship

DeepSeek has a content filter that sometimes triggers with a "Sorry, that's beyond my current scope" message. When Anti-Censorship is enabled, IntenseRP catches this and terminates the response cleanly instead of letting the refusal message through.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Anti-Censorship

What It Doesn't Do

This doesn't bypass the filter or unblock content. It just hides the refusal message. In 99.9% of cases, it will only happen at the end of a response, meaning you'll get the entire answer anyway.

How It Works

When IntenseRP detects a CONTENT_FILTER status in the response stream:

  1. It stops processing the response
  2. Closes any open <think> tags (if DeepThink was active)
  3. Signals the response as complete
  4. The refusal message never reaches SillyTavern

Reuse Matching Chat

When you send the exact same prompt twice in a row, IntenseRP can regenerate the previous response instead of creating a brand new chat. This keeps things tidy and can sometimes give you a different (hopefully better) answer.

Settings → Provider Behavior → DeepSeek → Reuse Matching Chat

How It Works

  1. IntenseRP caches the last prompt you sent (plus the effective DeepSeek settings used for it)
  2. When a new request comes in, it compares the prompt and settings against the cache
  3. If they match, it clicks the "Regenerate" button instead of starting fresh
  4. If they don't match (or the button isn't available), it creates a new chat as usual

Settings Changes

If you change DeepThink, Search, or Send As Text File, IntenseRP will start a new chat even if the prompt is identical. This makes sure the new settings actually apply to the request.

Swipe in SillyTavern

This is especially useful with SillyTavern's "swipe" feature. Each swipe sends the same prompt again, and Reuse Matching Chat makes sure you're regenerating rather than cluttering up DeepSeek with duplicate chats.

Censorship

DeepSeek automatically disables the regenerate button if the last response was censored. In that case, Reuse Matching Chat won't work, and IntenseRP will start a new chat instead.

Search Older Matching Chats

If you want Reuse Matching Chat to remember more than just the latest chat, enable Provider Behavior -> DeepSeek -> Search Older Matching Chats as well.

It keeps up to 7 older cached DeepSeek chats per account, and if one of them matches the current prompt/settings, IntenseRP can reopen that chat and regenerate there instead.

DeepSeek censorship still blocks this. If a chat gets content-filtered, IntenseRP skips saving it to the multi-slot cache.

Delete Chat After Reply

If you want DeepSeek's own chat list to stay cleaner, IntenseRP can delete the completed DeepSeek chat after a successful reply finishes.

Settings -> Provider Behavior -> DeepSeek -> Delete Chat After Reply

Slower requests

This adds extra cleanup work after each request, so it can slow requests down quite a bit.

No chat reuse here

This does not work together with Reuse Matching Chat or Search Older Matching Chats.

If you enable auto-deletion, IntenseRP has to throw the chat away on purpose, so there is nothing left to regenerate later.

See also: Chat Auto-Deletion

Per-Message Macros

You can add simple [[...]] macros to the latest user message in SillyTavern to override certain DeepSeek Behavior settings for that request only.

All macros are stripped from the message before sending it to DeepSeek.

Macro Effect
[[think]], [[r1]] Force DeepThink on
[[nothink]], [[r0]] Force DeepThink off
[[search]] Force Search on
[[nosearch]] Force Search off
[[file]] Force Send As Text File on
[[nofile]] Force Send As Text File off

Scope

Only macros from the latest user message apply. They do not persist across requests.

Quick Reference

Setting What It Does Default
Enable DeepThink Toggles reasoning mode Off
Send DeepThink Includes thinking in response Off
Enable Search Allows web search Off
Send As Text File Uploads prompt as .txt Off
File Upload Timeout Seconds to wait for upload 15
First Chunk Timeout Seconds to wait for the response stream to start 45
Anti-Censorship Hides refusal messages Off
Reuse Matching Chat Regenerates on duplicate prompts Off
Delete Chat After Reply Deletes the completed DeepSeek chat after a successful reply Off

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