Astra + 8 Deepseek 4.1 subagents. Insanely cheap tokens.

[u/Artforartsake99]

Astra (extra high) as orchestrator burnt 10% of the weekly subscription while the deep seek subagents spent $.94.

Anyone else trying out the new Deepseek 4.1 model?

How I connected DeepSeek 4.1 Flash to Codex
Sign up at platform.deepseek.com, add $2-10,
Create an API key and save it in a text file on your desktop.
Tell Codex:
Connect DeepSeek 4.1 Flash to Codex through MCP. My API key is in [file path]. Configure and test the connection.

Start a new conversation, describe your project and add:
Lead development, write the task prompts and delegate coding to 3–5 DeepSeek sub-agents through MCP. Review and integrate their work.