Answers before you connect
Frequently asked questions
ZergRouter gives your tools one routing endpoint. Your Router key, provider API credentials, and personal subscriptions are different things.
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DeepSeek trial
How do I use DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?
Sign in, create a Router key, then send a request to modal/deepseek-v4.1-flash. The DeepSeek guide has a copyable curl command and the Codex setup path. Check GET /v1/models with your Router key for the routes available to your account before configuring a client.
Do I need a separate DeepSeek or Modal API key?
No provider API credential is needed for the bounded platform-funded trial on a new personal account. This is limited to the named DeepSeek route, a $0.50 per-account UTC-day spend cap, the 5M-token monthly Router quota, and 14 days from your original account creation. Creating another Router key does not restart the trial. Shared trial capacity is also capped globally and can become unavailable; it is not a promise of unlimited or continuous access. Approved paid billing may continue on the same route after trial funding ends. Without paid access, the request is refused; a billing-enabled Router returns 402, while a trial-only Router returns 429 when trial capacity expires or is exhausted. Other routes may require your own provider credential or a different funding arrangement.
Are other DeepSeek or Modal models included?
No. The funded trial applies only to modal/deepseek-v4.1-flash. The authenticated model catalog, not a marketing list, determines what you can call.
Subscriptions, keys, and charges
Why use Router if I already have a Codex subscription?
A Codex subscription is not a Router API balance. Router can connect supported coding clients to models available through your Router, and shows their routed request activity in one place. Separately, Subscriptions can monitor connected personal Codex quota and reset timing. The platform-funded DeepSeek trial and provider API routes do not spend your ChatGPT or Codex subscription quota.
Does creating a Router key buy model access?
No. A Router key authenticates and scopes requests; it does not itself purchase a subscription. The route must have an eligible credential or approved platform-funded access. Set key scopes and optional daily budgets in the dashboard; check the route and funding path before running paid work.
Can I connect my Claude subscription the same way?
Anthropic API credentials and Claude subscriptions are separate. The Anthropic subscription view records manual quota readings; it does not sign in to Claude or automatically synchronize subscription usage. See the tracking guide.
Data flow and control
Where does a DeepSeek trial request go?
Your client sends the request to ZergRouter, which forwards the selected model request to Modal Shared Endpoints for DeepSeek inference. This is a shared Modal route, not a customer-controlled deployment. We do not claim a particular data-residency region or that request data never crosses a particular jurisdiction. Review the route and provider terms before sending restricted data.
Can I run my own model deployment?
The shared trial does not create or control your own deployment. If deployment location or operator control is required, use a separately configured route whose serving path and terms you have verified. See routing behavior and security architecture.