diff --git a/web/.env.example b/web/.env.example
index 7c57cd790c..b510e7672c 100644
--- a/web/.env.example
+++ b/web/.env.example
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ GITHUB_REPO=Hmbown/CodeWhale
 # (cloudflare cron triggers don't need this; they set cf-cron).
 CRON_SECRET=
 
-# Optional — defaults to deepseek-v4-flash.
-DEEPSEEK_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash
+# Optional — defaults to deepseek-flash.
+DEEPSEEK_MODEL=deepseek-flash
 DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com
 
 # Admin panel auth. Set to a random secret; enter it in the /admin login form.
diff --git a/web/AGENT.md b/web/AGENT.md
index 46f5b84b27..87c50385d8 100644
--- a/web/AGENT.md
+++ b/web/AGENT.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Community Assistant Agent
 
-The community assistant is a set of Cloudflare Cron Triggers that call `deepseek-v4-flash` to draft triage comments, PR reviews, stale-issue nudges, duplicate suggestions, and weekly digests. **It never posts to GitHub directly.** Every output is a draft staged in Workers KV for maintainer review.
+The community assistant is a set of Cloudflare Cron Triggers that call `deepseek-flash` to draft triage comments, PR reviews, stale-issue nudges, duplicate suggestions, and weekly digests. **It never posts to GitHub directly.** Every output is a draft staged in Workers KV for maintainer review.
 
 ## Architecture
 
diff --git a/web/README.md b/web/README.md
index 5f70c11c4d..8039ede51a 100644
--- a/web/README.md
+++ b/web/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Documentation and community site for [Codewhale](https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale) — lives at **codewhale.net**.
 
-Next.js 15 (App Router) + Tailwind, deployed to Cloudflare Workers via [`@opennextjs/cloudflare`](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare). Curated "Today's Dispatch" content is regenerated every 6 hours by a Cloudflare Cron Trigger that calls `deepseek-v4-flash` to summarise recent repo activity, and stored in Workers KV.
+Next.js 15 (App Router) + Tailwind, deployed to Cloudflare Workers via [`@opennextjs/cloudflare`](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare). Curated "Today's Dispatch" content is regenerated every 6 hours by a Cloudflare Cron Trigger that calls `deepseek-flash` to summarise recent repo activity, and stored in Workers KV.
 
 ## Local dev
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Env (mirrors `.env.example`):
 | `GITHUB_TOKEN`              | Fine-grained PAT, public-repo read scope                         | optional (raises rate limit 60 → 5000 req/h) |
 | `GITHUB_REPO`               | Defaults to `Hmbown/CodeWhale`                                   | optional             |
 | `CRON_SECRET`               | Shared secret for manual `/api/cron` invocation                  | optional (Cloudflare cron triggers don't need it) |
-| `DEEPSEEK_MODEL`            | Defaults to `deepseek-v4-flash`                                  | optional             |
+| `DEEPSEEK_MODEL`            | Defaults to `deepseek-flash`                                     | optional             |
 | `DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL`         | Defaults to `https://api.deepseek.com`                           | optional             |
 | `MAINTAINER_TOKEN`          | Admin panel auth; enter it in the `/admin` login form            | only for `/admin`    |
 | `MAINTAINER_GITHUB_PAT`     | PAT with `issues:write`, for posting comments via `/admin`       | only for `/admin` posting |
diff --git a/web/lib/community-agent.ts b/web/lib/community-agent.ts
index 594d5425c6..90773efd71 100644
--- a/web/lib/community-agent.ts
+++ b/web/lib/community-agent.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 const MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS = 2_000;
 const FALLBACK_BASE = "https://api.deepseek.com";
-const FALLBACK_MODEL = "deepseek-v4-flash";
+const FALLBACK_MODEL = "deepseek-flash";
 
 interface ChatMessage {
   role: "system" | "user" | "assistant";
diff --git a/web/lib/content-watch.ts b/web/lib/content-watch.ts
index 7c168784ec..d31dbfd69d 100644
--- a/web/lib/content-watch.ts
+++ b/web/lib/content-watch.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *                      writes a draft per broken link (4xx/5xx). Stores a
  *                      `linkcheck:last` summary so /admin can show last status.
  *
- *   runSemanticDrift — reads recent CHANGELOG / commits, asks deepseek-v4-flash
+ *   runSemanticDrift — reads recent CHANGELOG / commits, asks deepseek-flash
  *                      whether any specific claims on the site look out of
  *                      date, writes review-required drafts.
  *
diff --git a/web/lib/deepseek.ts b/web/lib/deepseek.ts
index 078c00587f..1bcb2dd341 100644
--- a/web/lib/deepseek.ts
+++ b/web/lib/deepseek.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { CuratedDispatch, FeedItem, RepoStats } from "./types";
 
 const FALLBACK_BASE = "https://api.deepseek.com";
-const FALLBACK_MODEL = "deepseek-v4-flash";
+const FALLBACK_MODEL = "deepseek-flash";
 
 interface ChatMessage {
   role: "system" | "user" | "assistant";
diff --git a/web/wrangler.jsonc b/web/wrangler.jsonc
index 9189973a1a..d8be3f4c8c 100644
--- a/web/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/web/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   ],
   "vars": {
     "GITHUB_REPO": "Hmbown/CodeWhale",
-    "DEEPSEEK_MODEL": "deepseek-v4-flash",
+    "DEEPSEEK_MODEL": "deepseek-flash",
     "DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL": "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/cf50f793171d7cb3b2ce23368b69cdcb/codewhale-web/deepseek",
     "SUPABASE_URL": "https://mungbvkvpkxbkjzspehg.supabase.co"
   },