Credentials. The Slack bot token and DeepSeek API key give the bot access to your workspace and model account, so store them only where the README's setup steps put them.
Who it is forA team lead in a Slack workspace who keeps losing track of decisions made in long threads.
The problemDecisions get buried in old threads, and nobody wants to scroll back through weeks of messages to find them.
The outcomeThe bot answers in the thread with the earlier passage and what it implies, drawing only on the channel where you asked.
What you need first
- A Mac running macOS, since the installer and services are macOS only
- Node.js 22+
- The DeepSeek Harness app, which the installer can download for you
- A DeepSeek API key, or a key the harness already has
- A bot token from Slack, Telegram or Discord
Steps
- Run
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rlaope/deepseek-bot/master/install.sh | bashin a macOS terminal. - Run
dsh gateway setup, choose Slack with ↑↓ and Enter, and paste the token when asked. - Run
dsh gateway statusto confirm the bot is up. - In a Slack channel, mention the bot and ask what was decided about a topic last week.
Prompt for your agent
Using the repo rlaope/deepseek-bot on a Mac with Node.js 22+, install it with the README's curl command, connect Slack with `dsh gateway setup`, and confirm with `dsh gateway status`. Then ask the bot in <channel-name> what was decided about <topic> last week; the expected output is a thread reply that quotes or points to the earlier message. Verify that the reply appears only in the channel where you asked.
Caveat. The README says Slack is used live while Discord and Telegram are tested only against mocked APIs, and recall matches words, not meaning, so a paraphrase can be missed.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for rlaope/deepseek-bot and "Add a remembering AI teammate to a Slack channel"
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claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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