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Setup
npm i ai @ai-sdk/deepseek
Skill for Coding Agents
If you use coding agents such as Claude Code or Cursor, we highly recommend adding the AI SDK skill to your repository:
npx skills add vercel/ai
Usage
import { deepseek } from '@ai-sdk/deepseek';
import { generateText } from 'ai';
const { text } = await generateText({
model: deepseek('deepseek-v4-flash'),
prompt: 'Write a JavaScript function that sorts a list:',
});