llm-providers-wiki

DeepSeek API Documentation

The getting-started reference for deepseek‘s model API — the seed source of this wiki (routed here from the hub _inbox). Documents the provider’s API surface.

What it covers

• Models: deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek-v4-pro (current); deprecated deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner retire 2026-07-24.
• Compatibility: OpenAI- and Anthropic-SDK-compatible endpoints (https://api.deepseek.com); no-code integrations with Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.
• Features: configurable thinking mode (reasoning effort), context caching, streaming.

Why it’s here

A primary-source datapoint on deepseek as a low-cost, OpenAI-compatible provider — the budget end of llm-api-pricing. Its OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible surface is itself a market signal: challengers conform to incumbents’ API shapes to lower switching costs. (Reference docs; specifics are snapshots and will drift — note the deprecation date.)

Related

deepseek · llm-api-pricing · open-weight-models