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DeepSeek

DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company that provides advanced large language models accessible through an API that is compatible with the OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs. The DeepSeek API offers chat completions, fill-in-the-middle completions, function calling, JSON output, streaming, multi-turn conversations, context caching, and a thinking/reasoning mode for complex problem solving.

DeepSeek publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Chat API, Completions API, Models API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include AI, Artificial Intelligence, Chat, Chat Completion, and LLM.

The DeepSeek catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification, 1 JSON-LD context, and 5 Spectral governance rulesets.

DeepSeek’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, FAQ, changelog, and 13 more developer resources.

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54.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 40/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidSelf serve
4 APIs
AIArtificial IntelligenceChatChat CompletionLLMLarge Language ModelsReasoningCode Completion

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 54.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 16.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 7.5 / 13
Governance 6.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 40/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

DeepSeek Chat API

The Chat API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for chat.

DeepSeek Completions API

The Completions API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for completions.

DeepSeek Models API

The Models API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for models.

DeepSeek User API

The User API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for user.

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

DeepSeek Chat Completion API

OPEN COLLECTION

DeepSeek FIM Completion

OPEN COLLECTION

DeepSeek Models API

OPEN COLLECTION

DeepSeek User Balance API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Deepseek Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Deepseek Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Deepseek Finops

FINOPS

Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

DeepSeek Streaming API (HTTP + SSE)

AsyncAPI definition for the streaming surface of the DeepSeek API. DeepSeek exposes an OpenAI-compatible HTTP API. When the `stream` request parameter is set to `true`, the serv...

ASYNCAPI

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Deepseek Context

6 classes · 9 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 5

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

DeepSeek API Rules

8 rules · 1 errors 7 warnings

SPECTRAL

DeepSeek API Rules

4 rules · 1 errors 3 warnings

SPECTRAL

DeepSeek API Rules

3 rules · 1 errors 2 warnings

SPECTRAL

DeepSeek API Rules

3 rules · 1 errors 2 warnings

SPECTRAL

DeepSeek API Rules

3 rules · 1 errors 2 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Deepseek Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Deepseek Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Deepseek Agentic Access

4 operations · 2 acting

4 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

ErrorCodes
ErrorCodes
 JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 FAQ
FAQ
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: deepseek
name: DeepSeek
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/deepseek/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
description: DeepSeek is an artificial intelligence company that provides advanced large language models accessible through
  an API that is compatible with the OpenAI and Anthropic SDKs. The DeepSeek API offers chat completions, fill-in-the-middle
  completions, function calling, JSON output, streaming, multi-turn conversations, context caching, and a thinking/reasoning
  mode for complex problem solving.
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/deepseek.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- AI
- Artificial Intelligence
- Chat
- Chat Completion
- LLM
- Large Language Models
- Reasoning
- Code Completion
created: '2025-01-27'
modified: '2026-05-29'
apis:
- aid: deepseek:deepseek-chat-api
  name: DeepSeek Chat API
  description: The Chat API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for chat.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.deepseek.com
  tags:
  - Chat
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/deepseek-chat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/deepseek-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-chat-completion-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-chat-completion-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/fim_completion
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-fim-completion-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-fim-completion-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/list-models
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-lists-models-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-lists-models-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/get-user-balance
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-user-balance-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-user-balance-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: deepseek:deepseek-completions-api
  name: DeepSeek Completions API
  description: The Completions API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for completions.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.deepseek.com
  tags:
  - Completions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/deepseek-completions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/deepseek-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-chat-completion-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-chat-completion-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/fim_completion
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-fim-completion-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-fim-completion-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/list-models
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-lists-models-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-lists-models-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/get-user-balance
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-user-balance-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-user-balance-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: deepseek:deepseek-models-api
  name: DeepSeek Models API
  description: The Models API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for models.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.deepseek.com
  tags:
  - Models
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/deepseek-models-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/deepseek-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-chat-completion-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-chat-completion-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/fim_completion
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-fim-completion-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-fim-completion-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/list-models
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-lists-models-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-lists-models-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/get-user-balance
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-user-balance-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-user-balance-api-capabilities.yml
- aid: deepseek:deepseek-user-api
  name: DeepSeek User API
  description: The User API from DeepSeek — 1 operation(s) for user.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  baseURL: https://api.deepseek.com
  tags:
  - User
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/deepseek-user-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/deepseek-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-chat-completion-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-chat-completion-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/fim_completion
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-fim-completion-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-fim-completion-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/list-models
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-lists-models-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-lists-models-api-capabilities.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/get-user-balance
  - type: Rules
    url: rules/deepseek-user-balance-api-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/deepseek-user-balance-api-capabilities.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/deepseek-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/deepseek-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/deepseek-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/deepseek-ai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepseek-ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing
- type: Authentication
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/token_usage
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/rate_limit
- type: ErrorCodes
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/error_codes
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.deepseek.com/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/faq
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates
- type: Website
  url: https://www.deepseek.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Terms%20of%20Use.html
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/deepseek-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/deepseek-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com