Guides

How these guides relate to the official docs

DeepSeek's primary documentation lives at api-docs.deepseek.com. This directory does not mirror every page. Instead, each guide here answers one recurring integration question — model strings, off-peak billing windows, cross-vendor list prices, Claude Code wiring, Search/Fetch billing, HTTP errors, or installing @deepseek-ai/dsh — and links back to the exact official section we checked.

When the API change log moves faster than a long-form article, we prefer dated tables and short FAQs over prose that ages quickly. The model name migration guide tracks rename announcements; the API pricing directory holds the live DeepSeek token table; the news timeline records dated releases. If a figure on this site disagrees with DeepSeek's pricing page, trust the pricing page.

For agent workflows, start with Claude Code or the dsh command reference, then read error codes before you ship retries. For budgeting across vendors, use the cost-effective LLM comparison alongside your own evals — list price per million tokens is only one input.