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# DeepSeek

The DeepSeek model provides access to DeepSeek's language models.

## Parameters

| Parameter  | Type            | Default                      | Description                                                       |
| ---------- | --------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`       | `str`           | `"deepseek-chat"`            | The id of the DeepSeek model to use                               |
| `name`     | `str`           | `"DeepSeek"`                 | The name of the model                                             |
| `provider` | `str`           | `"DeepSeek"`                 | The provider of the model                                         |
| `api_key`  | `Optional[str]` | `None`                       | The API key for DeepSeek (defaults to DEEPSEEK\_API\_KEY env var) |
| `base_url` | `str`           | `"https://api.deepseek.com"` | The base URL for the DeepSeek API                                 |

DeepSeek extends the OpenAI-compatible interface and supports most parameters from OpenAI.