DeepSeek opens standalone Search and Fetch APIs for agents at $0.75 per 1,000 calls
As of Oct 17, any DeepSeek API key can call POST /v1/tools/search (ranked web results with quality and authority scores) and POST /v1/tools/fetch (one page as Markdown), each billed only on successful calls and capped at 5 requests per second per account. Server-side search and fetch from DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, and Codex on the DeepSeek API stays free until Oct 31, 2026, 16:00 UTC.