Beginner-friendly DeepSeek guides for U.S. users covering access, cost, features, availability, privacy and responsible everyday use.
You can use DeepSeek with OpenRouter through a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint. For the standard setup, you need an OpenRouter API key, not a DeepSeek API key. This guide shows you how to select a current DeepSeek model, send your…
n8n includes a built-in DeepSeek Chat Model, so you can connect DeepSeek to an automation workflow without installing an unofficial community package. In this guide, you will create a working workflow that receives text, sends it to DeepSeek through a…
DeepSeek AI can be useful for students when it acts as a tutor, practice partner, feedback tool, or study planner—not when it completes the learning for them. You can use it to explain difficult concepts, create practice questions, review your…
OpenCode can use DeepSeek directly as the model provider behind its coding agent. For the current setup, install OpenCode V2, create a DeepSeek Platform API key, run OpenCode inside your project, select DeepSeek through /connect, and choose the current DeepSeek…
Last reviewed: October 16, 2026. DeepSeek web search brings information from the web into the answering process, helping you investigate facts that may have changed or need a source. The final answer still needs checking: DeepSeek’s Terms of Use say…
To upload and read PDFs in DeepSeek, open the official DeepSeek chat, attach your document, wait for processing, and ask a specific question. You can use the conversation to summarize a report, find information, or explain a passage. Keep the…
Can DeepSeek generate images? Native image generation is not currently documented for the standard DeepSeek app or chat website. DeepSeek’s separate Janus-Pro model can generate pictures from text. The practical route is to open a Janus deployment, such as the…
Last verified: October 8, 2026 Yes, you can use DeepSeek through AWS or Azure, but the details matter. AWS and Azure do not always expose the same DeepSeek model names, pricing model, API surface, deployment type, region, or security controls…
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026 DeepSeek Vision is best understood as DeepSeek’s current image-input capability in the API, served through deepseek-flash, also known as DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash. It lets you send images with text prompts so the model can describe pictures, read…
Last verified: October 8, 2026 If DeepSeek is not working, do not assume the whole service is down. DeepSeek can fail for several different reasons: an official outage, temporary overload, a login or account problem, a browser issue, a mobile…