DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: Engineering-First Release for Production-Grade Agent Systems

TL;DR: DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is an engineering-focused release that improves agent reliability (Search Agent, Code Agent), reduces mixed-language/garbled outputs, and clarifies FP8/precision compatibility issues. This article translates and expands the original Hugging Face release notes into a practical, production-oriented blog post with runnable commands, clear benchmarks guidance, deployment tips, and an FAQ. Source: the model’s Hugging Face release page. Table of Contents 👉Why Terminus Matters 👉Version Background and Goals 👉What’s New — Key Improvements Explained 👉Benchmarks & How to Read Them 👉Technical Deep Dive: Agents & Search Tooling 👉Quickstart: Run the Demo Locally (copy-paste) 👉Practical Debugging & FP8 Compatibility Workflows 👉Productionization & …