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# DeepSeek

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

## Parameters

| Parameter               | Type             | Default                      | Description                                                       |
| ----------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                    | `str`            | `"deepseek-v4-flash"`        | 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                                 |
| `use_thinking`          | `Optional[bool]` | `None`                       | Control thinking mode. V4 models think by default                 |
| `retries`               | `int`            | `0`                          | Number of retries to attempt before raising a ModelProviderError  |
| `delay_between_retries` | `int`            | `1`                          | Delay between retries, in seconds                                 |
| `exponential_backoff`   | `bool`           | `False`                      | If True, the delay between retries is doubled each time           |

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