# SHAI — DeepSeek

> The tenant's own DeepSeek key, reached through DeepSeek's own OpenAI-compatible API. Routed work only.

Canonical page: /integrations/deepseek

## How SHAI connects to it
SHAI talks to it directly, with the key you paste. It is one of the tools SHAI has written up — what it costs, why it matters, what breaks without it — as `deepseek-api-key` in the tool guide.

## What it needs
a key you paste, in Setup or on /connections.

## Where that was read
docs/tools/tools.json (deepseek-api-key), verified 2026-09-16.

Connect it: /connections?tool=deepseek