# Research and product notes

Source page: https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/

Security research, API guides and updates from Excession Labs.

4 Nov 2026

## [DeepSeek in OpenCode: Excession provider setup](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/deepseek-opencode/)

Configure DeepSeek in OpenCode with an Excession custom provider, an environment-based API key and a tested Chat Completions request.

4 Nov 2026

## [DeepSeek in Claude Code: Excession gateway setup](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/deepseek-claude-code/)

Configure DeepSeek in Claude Code through the Excession Anthropic-compatible gateway, with a tested client configuration and its compatibility limits.

4 Nov 2026

## [What are abliterated models?](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/what-are-abliterated-models/)

What abliterated models are, how they differ from uncensored fine-tunes, what can change in quality, and when to use a hosted API or model download.

2 Nov 2026

## [Excession API vs OpenRouter: integration and funding](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/excession-vs-openrouter/)

A sourced comparison of SDK setup, separate model catalogs, routing, credit purchases and expiration.

2 Nov 2026

## [API authorization testing: a reproducible local workflow](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/api-authorization-testing/)

Run a localhost-only authorization fixture, reproduce cross-account access and verify a server-side fix with recorded curl evidence.

2 Nov 2026

## [DeepSeek API latency: timings, errors and raw data](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/deepseek-api-latency-sample/)

40 measured requests: first-token versus visible-answer latency, errors, raw JSON/CSV and a script to repeat the test.

2 Nov 2026

## [DeepSeek API guide: pricing, Python, streaming and tool calls](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/deepseek-api-guide/)

Choose a model, create a key and send your first request. A practical integration guide with model-specific prices, streaming, complete tool-call handling and error recovery.

1 Nov 2026

## [The alleged Anthropic Numbat leak is likely fake](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/anthropic-numbat-leak-is-fake/)

The alleged Anthropic Numbat leak on Hugging Face is likely fake: parts of the model match randomly generated numbers exactly, so they were never trained. We tested it in 90 KB without running its code.

1 Nov 2026

## [Introducing Incursion](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-excession/)

Incursion by Excession Labs is a terminal agent for authorized offensive security work. A planner splits the job, workers run in parallel, and each finding comes back with its evidence. This post tells what it does and how to start.

1 Nov 2026

## [Simple pricing: pay as you go, or a plan with up to 150% more](https://excessionlabs.ai/blog/simple-pricing/)

Add funds from $0.50 that never expire while your account is open, or pick a plan that gives 50% to 150% more plan credit than you pay. Both use the same per-token prices, and a plan lowers your effective price per token.

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