diff --git a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/tagged.rs b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/tagged.rs
index 4f01ad6..8fe09ef 100644
--- a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/tagged.rs
+++ b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/grammar/tagged.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 //!   templates);
 //! * sentinel pipes leaked into the markers, in any position:
 //!   `<|tool_call>…<tool_call|>`, `<|tool_call|>…<|tool_call|>`,
-//!   `…</tool_call|>`;
+//!   `…</tool_call|>`, including the fullwidth `｜` those templates
+//!   actually emit;
+//! * a `DeepSeek` DSML marker on the tag itself,
+//!   `<｜DSML｜tool_call>…</｜DSML｜tool_call>` — the same marker
+//!   [`super::invoke_xml`] already accepts on `<invoke>`, which this family
+//!   used to miss, so a `deepseek` turn that chose the tag form over the
+//!   invoke form parsed as prose and the call was silently dropped;
 //! * a `call:` prefix before the body;
 //! * a fenced block instead of a tag, ```` ```tool_call … ``` ````, sometimes
 //!   closed by a stray `</tool_call>`;
@@ -39,11 +45,17 @@ use crate::types::{CallSource, ParseOptions, ParsedToolCall};
 pub(crate) struct Tagged;
 
 /// Any tag-family marker: `<tool_call>`, `<toolcall>`, `<tool-call>`, with
-/// pipes, a slash, or whitespace leaked in, and an optional attribute list.
-/// `<tool_calls>` (plural, a JSON key) and `<tool_callable>` do not match:
-/// the name must end at a pipe, slash, whitespace, or `>`.
-static TAG_RE: LazyLock<Option<Regex>> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"(?i)<[|/\s]*tool[_-]?call(?:[|/\s]*|\s+[^>]*)>").ok());
+/// pipes (ASCII `|` or the fullwidth `｜` chat templates emit), a slash,
+/// whitespace, or a `DeepSeek` DSML marker leaked in, and an optional
+/// attribute list. `<tool_calls>` (plural, a JSON key, and the DSML wrapper
+/// element) and `<tool_callable>` do not match: the name must end at a pipe,
+/// slash, whitespace, or `>`.
+static TAG_RE: LazyLock<Option<Regex>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Regex::new(
+        r"(?i)<[|\u{ff5c}/\s]*(?:DSML[|\u{ff5c}/\s]*)?tool[_-]?call(?:[|\u{ff5c}/\s]*|\s+[^>]*)>",
+    )
+    .ok()
+});
 
 /// Openers a fenced block can carry. `` ```tool_calls `` (plural) is listed
 /// separately from `` ```tool_call `` rather than relying on a prefix match:
diff --git a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/tagged.rs b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/tagged.rs
index 93bfbb6..aca11db 100644
--- a/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/tagged.rs
+++ b/crates/tinytools-agent/src/parse/test/tagged.rs
@@ -513,3 +513,63 @@ fn a_bare_trailing_opener_is_dropped_not_shown() {
     let (text, _) = parse("before <tool-call>not-json");
     assert_eq!(text, "before <tool-call>not-json");
 }
+
+// ── DeepSeek DSML on the tag family ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// `deepseek` emits its DSML marker on the `tool_call` tag, not only on
+/// `<invoke>`, and with the fullwidth bar its template actually uses.
+/// Observed live from `deepseek-v4-flash` driving the code dialect: the call
+/// parsed as prose, so the turn ended with the model's lead-in and the tool
+/// was never run.
+#[test]
+fn dsml_marker_on_the_tool_call_tag_parses() {
+    let raw = concat!(
+        "I'll look it up.\n\n",
+        "<｜DSML｜tool_call>\n",
+        "{\"name\": \"GMAIL_FETCH_EMAILS\", \"arguments\": {\"max_results\": 1}}\n",
+        "</｜DSML｜tool_call>"
+    );
+    let (text, calls) = crate::parse::parse_tool_calls(raw);
+    assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1, "DSML tool_call tag must parse: {calls:?}");
+    assert_eq!(calls[0].name, "GMAIL_FETCH_EMAILS");
+    assert_eq!(text.trim(), "I'll look it up.");
+}
+
+/// Doubled bars and the ASCII spelling are the same marker.
+#[test]
+fn dsml_marker_variants_on_the_tag_parse() {
+    for open_close in [
+        ("<｜｜DSML｜｜tool_call>", "</｜｜DSML｜｜tool_call>"),
+        ("<|DSML|tool_call>", "</|DSML|tool_call>"),
+        ("<｜DSML｜tool_call>", "<｜DSML｜tool_call>"),
+    ] {
+        let raw = format!(
+            "{}\n{{\"name\": \"echo\", \"arguments\": {{}}}}\n{}",
+            open_close.0, open_close.1
+        );
+        let (_, calls) = crate::parse::parse_tool_calls(&raw);
+        assert_eq!(
+            calls.len(),
+            1,
+            "variant {open_close:?} must parse: {calls:?}"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(calls[0].name, "echo");
+    }
+}
+
+/// The DSML *wrapper* element is plural and is not a call marker; treating it
+/// as one would open a block on the wrapper and close it on the first inner
+/// tag, losing the call inside.
+#[test]
+fn the_plural_dsml_wrapper_is_not_a_tag_marker() {
+    let raw = concat!(
+        "<｜DSML｜tool_calls>\n",
+        "<｜DSML｜tool_call>\n",
+        "{\"name\": \"echo\", \"arguments\": {}}\n",
+        "</｜DSML｜tool_call>\n",
+        "</｜DSML｜tool_calls>"
+    );
+    let (_, calls) = crate::parse::parse_tool_calls(raw);
+    assert_eq!(calls.len(), 1, "the inner call is the only call: {calls:?}");
+    assert_eq!(calls[0].name, "echo");
+}