DeepSeek Web Search runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 24 Oct 2026.
MCP server for DeepSeek web Search & Fetch: scored web search + page-to-Markdown fetch
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check DeepSeek Web Search every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add deepseek-mcp -e 'DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>' -- npx -y mcp-deepseek-search{
"mcpServers": {
"deepseek-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-deepseek-search"
],
"env": {
"DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.deepseek-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-deepseek-search"]
env = { DEEPSEEK_API_KEY = "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"deepseek-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-deepseek-search"
],
"env": {
"DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"deepseek-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-deepseek-search"
],
"env": {
"DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY> (DeepSeek API key from https://platform.deepseek.com).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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