What tools does the deepseek MCP server provide?

deepseek exposes 3 tools: deepseek_chat, deepseek_fim, deepseek_sessions. This list was read from the published package source; the server runs locally and has no endpoint to query.

Does deepseek require an API key?

Yes — deepseek declares required environment variables: DEEPSEEK_API_KEY, DEEPSEEK_API_KEY.

How do I install deepseek?

Run: DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=... claude mcp add deepseek -- npx -y @arikusi/deepseek-mcp-server@2.3.0. One-click install links for Cursor and VS Code are also available on the server's page.

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deepseek

MCP server for DeepSeek AI with chat, reasoning, sessions, function calling, and cost tracking

Tools 3

GitHub stars 17

Installs / wk 517

Licence MIT

Transport stdio, streamable-http

Last checked never

Tools & capabilities

3 tools

Read from the published package source — this server runs locally, so there is no endpoint to query. Names are taken from the code, not observed at runtime, and descriptions are often absent.

deepseek_chat from source

deepseek_fim from source

deepseek_sessions from source