# DeepSeek API for AI Agents

DeepSeek is an AI research company focused on building world-leading general artificial intelligence. Call the DeepSeek API from the agent stack you already run. Swytchcode supplies the manifest, then handles authentication, retries, idempotency, and validation on every call.

## What can you build with the DeepSeek API?

1. Call DeepSeek directly from an AI agent without writing custom auth, retry, or error-handling code.
2. Get the right endpoints and call sequence for the workflow you need, instead of having the agent explore the DeepSeek API surface.
3. Chain DeepSeek with other approved integrations in one workflow, each step validated against your policy before it runs.
4. Give an agent safe read/write access to DeepSeek in production, with idempotent retries if a call fails.

## How to connect the DeepSeek API to an AI agent

Four steps, no SDK, no boilerplate. Every DeepSeek call routed through Swytchcode is idempotency-keyed and safe to retry.

1. **Install the CLI**  
   Run "npx swytchcode" to install the Swytchcode CLI—no account required to start.

2. **Pull the manifest**  
   Run "swytchcode get deepseek" to pull the DeepSeek API manifest, including its schema and available actions.

3. **Authenticate once**  
   Provide your DeepSeek API credentials a single time. Swytchcode stores and refreshes them so your agent never handles raw secrets.

4. **Call it from your agent**  
   Run "swytchcode exec deepseek.<action> --key value" from any agent or script. No SDK, no framework lock-in.

### Sample Commands

```
swytchcode get deepseek
swytchcode exec deepseek.<action> --key value
```

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Swytchcode?

### How do I get started with Swytchcode?

### How does an AI agent actually call the DeepSeek API through Swytchcode?

### What happens if a DeepSeek call fails, times out, or hits a rate limit?

### Can I restrict which DeepSeek actions my agent is allowed to run?

### Where does Swytchcode store my DeepSeek credentials?

### Do I need to write a custom DeepSeek SDK integration for my agent?

### How is calling DeepSeek through Swytchcode different from calling its API directly?

### Do I need a specific framework to call DeepSeek?

### Does Swytchcode log what my agent does with DeepSeek?

## Build me a DeepSeek AI assistant

Copy the prompt into your agent. It will load Swytchcode and wire up DeepSeek.

Build me a DeepSeek AI assistant
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