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DimensionDeepSeek MCP ServerCommunity MCP server for DeepSeek V4 with chat, reasoning, function calling, and cost tracking.Context7Upstash's official server providing up-to-date third-party library docs for AI coding assistants
FMRS63 / 100 · C80 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2014 / 20
Security and permissions13 / 2016 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2017 / 20
Documentation17 / 2015 / 20
Setup experience13 / 2018 / 20
Best for
  • Developers using MCP clients such as Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, or Windsurf
  • Users who want DeepSeek V4 models inside their local agent tooling
  • Teams that need cost tracking and usage statistics
  • Users wanting a hosted BYOK endpoint with no installation
  • Developers using fast-moving frameworks/libraries worried about the AI suggesting stale code
  • Scenarios wanting zero-config documentation lookup
Not for
  • Users seeking official DeepSeek support channels (this is community-maintained)
  • Users without a DeepSeek API key
  • Users needing other LLM providers such as OpenAI or Anthropic
  • Looking up internal/private codebase documentation (Context7 targets publicly published open-source libraries)
  • Cases needing very high coverage of obscure, niche libraries (coverage depends on what Context7's platform has indexed)
Required permissions
  • DEEPSEEK_API_KEY environment variable (secret) is required
  • API usage costs billed via your DeepSeek API key
  • Self-hosted HTTP mode requires an open network port (binds 127.0.0.1 by default)
  • Usable without an API key (subject to a free-tier rate limit); CONTEXT7_API_KEY is an optional credential for higher quota
  • Read-only documentation lookup — no code execution or local filesystem access involved
Risks and side effects
  • If the HTTP endpoint is exposed, anyone who can reach POST /mcp can spend your API key; set HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN when binding 0.0.0.0
  • Thinking mode can exceed 30 seconds and client tool-call timeouts may interrupt long requests
  • Costs accrue per request and grow with usage
  • Deprecated model aliases deepseek-chat/deepseek-reasoner will be removed in the next major release
  • The free tier has limited quota — high-frequency use may hit rate limits
  • Documentation content comes from Context7's platform index, so its accuracy and freshness depend on that platform's crawl cadence
Supported clientsClaude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, VS CodeClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Cline, Amp
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