DeepSeek

Use DeepSeek’s reasoning and coding models.

Setup

Get an API key at platform.deepseek.com
In Pawz → Settings → Providers → Add Provider → DeepSeek
Paste your API key

Configuration

Setting	Default
Base URL	`https://api.deepseek.com/v1`
API key	Required
Default model	—

Models

Model	Context	Best for
`deepseek-chat`	64K	General conversation, coding, analysis
`deepseek-reasoner`	64K	Complex multi-step reasoning with chain-of-thought

Reasoning tokens

The deepseek-reasoner model uses extended “thinking” tokens during complex tasks. These reasoning tokens count toward your usage but produce significantly better results on math, logic, and multi-step problems. Pawz displays thinking content in a collapsible block in the chat UI.

Cost

DeepSeek is one of the most affordable providers — significantly cheaper than OpenAI or Anthropic for comparable quality. A great choice as a worker_model in multi-agent orchestration.

Tips

:::tip

Use deepseek-chat as your cheap_model — excellent quality at a fraction of frontier model pricing.
Pair with Ollama — test locally with Ollama, then use DeepSeek for production tasks that need a hosted model.
DeepSeek uses an OpenAI-compatible API, so it works through the standard OpenAiProvider. :::

​DeepSeek

​Setup

​Configuration

​Models

​Reasoning tokens

​Cost

​Tips