AI Plugin Indexzoom-out vs deepseek-reason
zoom-out and deepseek-reason are both communication skills. deepseek-reason scores higher (86 vs 40 out of 100). deepseek-reason has more GitHub stars (79k), and deepseek-reason was updated more recently (today). The table compares them side by side.
| zoom-out | deepseek-reason | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 40 / 100 | 86 / 100 |
| What it does | Step up one layer of abstraction and surface a map of relevant modules and callers when the local view is too narrow. Trigger when the agent (or user) is unfamiliar with a code region and needs the surrounding architecture before committing to a change. | Reasoning-mode completion against DeepSeek's `deepseek-reasoner` model (R1) via /v1/chat/completions. Surfaces the model's chain-of-thought (`reasoning_content`) separately from the final answer (`content`), so callers can display or discard the CoT without re-parsing. Reads DEEPSEEK_API_KEY; degrades gracefully (exit 0 with status:degraded envelope) when unset or the API is unreachable. Ignores temperature/top_p per DeepSeek's spec for reasoner models. |
| Publisher | Community: OutlineDriven | Community: ruvnet |
| Grades | Maintenance C, Licence A, Quality C | Maintenance A, Licence A, Quality A |
| npm downloads a week | Not on npm | Not on npm |
| Runs | Skill | Skill |
| Works with | Claude Code, Claude apps | Claude Code, Claude apps |
| GitHub stars | 14 | 78,612 |
| Last commit | 7 Jul 2026 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Listed since | 19 Oct 2026 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Install zoom-out | Install deepseek-reason |
Questions
Is zoom-out or deepseek-reason more popular?
deepseek-reason has more GitHub stars: 78,612.
Can I use zoom-out and deepseek-reason together?
Yes. AI assistants can load several skills at once. Install both and the assistant picks the right one for each task.