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DeepSeek

Access 2 DeepSeek models through Mastra's model router. Authentication is handled automatically using the DEEPSEEK_API_KEY environment variable.

Learn more in the DeepSeek documentation.

bash
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=your-api-key
typescript
import { Agent } from "@mastra/core/agent";

const agent = new Agent({
  id: "my-agent",
  name: "My Agent",
  instructions: "You are a helpful assistant",
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-chat"
});

// Generate a response
const response = await agent.generate("Hello!");

// Stream a response
const stream = await agent.stream("Tell me a story");
for await (const chunk of stream) {
  console.log(chunk);
}

Models

<ProviderModelsTable models={[ { "model": "deepseek/deepseek-chat", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": true, "reasoning": false, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 8192, "inputCost": 0.28, "outputCost": 0.42 }, { "model": "deepseek/deepseek-reasoner", "imageInput": false, "audioInput": false, "videoInput": false, "toolUsage": true, "reasoning": true, "contextWindow": 128000, "maxOutput": 64000, "inputCost": 0.28, "outputCost": 0.42 } ]} />

Advanced configuration

Custom headers

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
  id: "custom-agent",
  name: "custom-agent",
  model: {
    url: "https://api.deepseek.com",
    id: "deepseek/deepseek-chat",
    apiKey: process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY,
    headers: {
      "X-Custom-Header": "value"
    }
  }
});

Dynamic model selection

typescript
const agent = new Agent({
  id: "dynamic-agent",
  name: "Dynamic Agent",
  model: ({ requestContext }) => {
    const useAdvanced = requestContext.task === "complex";
    return useAdvanced
      ? "deepseek/deepseek-reasoner"
      : "deepseek/deepseek-chat";
  }
});

Provider Options

DeepSeek supports the following provider-specific options via the providerOptions parameter:

typescript
const response = await agent.generate("Hello!", {
  providerOptions: {
    deepseek: {
      // See available options in the table below
    }
  }
});

Available Options

<PropertiesTable content={[ { "name": "thinking", "type": "{ type?: "enabled" | "disabled" | undefined; } | undefined", "description": "", "isOptional": true } ]} />