# DeepSeek

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/deepseek/  
**Website:** https://www.deepseek.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

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.

## Kin Score — 42.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 63.3 |
| Governance | 26.5 |
| Contract Governance | 26.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 44.7 |
| Access Clarity | 44.7 |

## Agent readiness — 33.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Deepseek Agentic Access** — 4 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

- **Deepseek Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Deepseek Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Deepseek Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Chat, Chat Completion, LLM, Large Language Models, Reasoning, Code Completion

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/deepseek/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.