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Chat Prefix Completion (Beta)
Provide a partial assistant response as a prefix, and the model will continue from where you left off.
Usage
Set the last message role to "assistant" with a prefix value. The model will continue generating from that prefix. This feature requires the prefix parameter.
{
"model": "deepseek-v4-pro",
"messages": [
{"role": "user", "content": "Write a poem about AI"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "In circuits deep", "prefix": true}
]
}