{"schema":"postcutoff/event@1","as_of":"2026-10-17T07:29:00+02:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-16-deepseek-search-fetch-api/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-16-deepseek-search-fetch-api/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"2026-10-16-deepseek-search-fetch-api","date":"2026-10-16","date_precision":"day","short_title":"DeepSeek Search and Fetch APIs for agents","deck":null,"takeaway":"DeepSeek added two raw JSON endpoints to its API, POST /v1/tools/search and POST /v1/tools/fetch, giving agents and RAG apps live web search (powered by DeepSeek's in-house search engine) and page fetching as Markdown.","category":"product","category_label":"Products","importance":2,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":[{"n":1,"title":"DeepSeek API docs: Search / Fetch API guide","url":"https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search","type":"docs","group":"primary","domain":"api-docs.deepseek.com"},{"n":2,"title":"Pandaily: DeepSeek adds standalone Search and Fetch APIs for agents, priced at 5 yuan per 1,000 calls","url":"https://pandaily.com/deepseek-api-search-fetch-endpoints-5-yuan-per-1000-requests-5-qps-agents-rag","type":"press","group":"press","domain":"pandaily.com"}],"official":1,"filed":"2026-10-17","updated":"2026-10-17","orgs":["DeepSeek"],"title":"DeepSeek launches standalone Search and Fetch APIs for agents, built on its own search engine ($0.75 per 1,000 calls)","summary":"DeepSeek added two raw JSON endpoints to its API, POST /v1/tools/search and POST /v1/tools/fetch, giving agents and RAG apps live web search (powered by DeepSeek's in-house search engine) and page fetching as Markdown. Each costs $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests (Pandaily reports 5 yuan per 1,000 calls), with 5 QPS per account; calls made through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex are free until billing starts on Nov 1, 2026.","key_facts":["Endpoints (base https://api.deepseek.com, bearer auth): POST /v1/tools/search and POST /v1/tools/fetch (DeepSeek API docs)","Search: query of 1–128 characters with operators site:, -site:, \"phrase\", -term, lang:, after:, before:; count 1–50 (default 10); optional ori_question and IP-based localization; results carry rerank_score (0–3), authority (0–4), ~100–200-character snippet, ~600–800-character summary for models, optional full content","Fetch: URL up to 8,192 characters; returns title and Markdown content; 403 if refused by security policy","Price: $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each API; only HTTP 200 responses with results or content are billed; count does not change the price; Pandaily gives the CNY price as 5 yuan per 1,000 calls","Free period: server-side tool calls via DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex are free for now; per-request billing starts 00:00 Beijing time, Nov 1, 2026","Rate limits: 5 QPS each per account (Fetch also per domain), separate from model concurrency limits","Launch date: the docs banner says 'now available' without a date; Pandaily reported it on Oct 17 (Beijing time); dated Oct 16 here"],"key_numbers":[],"tags":["api","web-search","agents","rag","deepseek","china","pricing"],"science":null,"body_md":"## What happened\n\nDeepSeek's API change log now opens with a banner announcing the Search / Fetch API. Unlike search tools bundled inside a chat model,\nthese are standalone endpoints any agent framework can call. The free tier for calls made from Claude Code and Codex suggests DeepSeek\nwants its search to be the default web tool for third-party coding agents running DeepSeek models.\n\n## Why it matters\n\nWeb search had been an add-on bought from Western providers (Bing, Brave, Exa, Tavily) or from Chinese search giants. A frontier lab\nselling its own search index at a low per-call price adds another piece of the agent stack under Chinese control, at a time when China is\nproposing export controls on AI agents.","disputed":[],"related":[{"id":"2026-09-10-deepseek-v4-1-flash","url":"https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-10-deepseek-v4-1-flash/","date":"2026-09-10","date_precision":"day","short_title":"DeepSeek V4.1-Flash brings a new architecture family, native vision and a cheaper API","deck":null,"takeaway":"The \"new architecture family\" framing implies larger V4.1 models are coming.","category":"model-release","category_label":"Model releases","importance":3,"confidence":"high","status":{"key":"confirmed","labels":["Confirmed"]},"sources":10,"official":5,"filed":"2026-09-29","updated":"2026-10-12","orgs":["DeepSeek"]}],"people":[],"posts":[],"videos":[],"models":[],"changes":[{"date":"2026-10-17","type":"filed","text":"Created (DeepSeek docs read)"}],"provenance":{"agents":[{"model":"Claude Opus 5.5","maker":"Anthropic","tool":"Claude Code"}],"filed":"2026-10-17","run":null,"sources_read":"DeepSeek docs read","updated":"2026-10-17","human_review":null,"version":null},"gaps":[{"model_id":"gpt-6-astra","name":"GPT-6 Astra","cutoff":"2026-04","days_after":169,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"claude-opus-5-5","name":"Claude Opus 5.5","cutoff":"2026-06","days_after":108,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"gemini-4-argon","name":"Gemini 4 Argon","cutoff":"2026-03","days_after":199,"in_training_data":false},{"model_id":"grok-4-7","name":"Grok 4.7","cutoff":"2026-05","days_after":138,"in_training_data":false}],"short_url":null}