bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-liteClosed APICost-efficient ByteDance Seed 2.0 model for production chat, analysis, and structured generation
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS
✓ Seed 2.0 Lite natively supports OpenAI / Anthropic format tool calling and is fully compatible with MCP servers and agent loops.
MCP Context Window Recommendations
With a context capacity of 256,000 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.
API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE
// Example: Calling Seed 2.0 Lite via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.BYTEDANCE-SEED_API_KEY,
});
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "bytedance-seed/seed-2.0-lite",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);PRICING BY PROVIDER
Rates in USD per 1M tokens. Rates synchronized from models.dev public catalog.
This model supports prompt caching at $0.13 / 1M tokens, saving up to 50% on repetitive MCP tool definitions and system instructions.
MODEL RESOURCES
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