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# id: deepseek
title: DeepSeek
sidebar_label: DeepSeek
---

DeepEval allows you to use `deepseek-chat` and `deepseek-reasoner` directly from DeepSeek to run all of DeepEval's metrics, which can be set through the CLI or in python.

### Command Line

To configure your DeepSeek model through the CLI, run the following command:

```bash
deepeval set-deepseek --model deepseek-chat \
    --api-key="your-api-key" \
    --temperature=0
```

The CLI command above sets `deepseek-chat` as the default model for all metrics, unless overridden in Python code. To use a different default model provider, you must first unset DeepSeek:

```bash
deepeval unset-deepseek
```

:::tip Persisting settings
You can persist CLI settings with the optional `--save` flag.
See [Flags and Configs -> Persisting CLI settings](/docs/evaluation-flags-and-configs#persisting-cli-settings-with---save).
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### Python

You can also specify your model directly in code using `DeepSeekModel`.

```python
from deepeval.models import DeepSeekModel
from deepeval.metrics import AnswerRelevancyMetric

model = DeepSeekModel(
    model="deepseek-chat",
    api_key="your-api-key",
    temperature=0
)

answer_relevancy = AnswerRelevancyMetric(model=model)
```

There are **TWO** mandatory and **ONE** optional parameters when creating a `DeepSeekModel`:

- `model`: A string specifying the name of the DeepSeek model to use. Either be `deepseek-chat` or `deepseek-reasoner`.
- `api_key`: A string specifying your DeepSeek API key for authentication.
- [Optional] `temperature`: A float specifying the model temperature. Defaulted to 0.
- [Optional] `generation_kwargs`: A dictionary of additional generation parameters supported by your model provider.

:::tip
Any `**kwargs` you would like to use for your model can be passed through the `generation_kwargs` parameter. However, we request you to double check the params supported by the model and your model provider in their [official docs](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/api/create-chat-completion#request).
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### Available DeepSeek Models

Below is the comprehensive list of available DeepSeek models in DeepEval:

- `deepseek-chat`
- `deepseek-reasoner`