DeepSeek V3 0324

DeepSeekMCP Tool Call

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324Open Weights

DeepSeek chat model for instruction following, coding, and analysis

Benchmark Pricing$0.28 / 1M in$1.10 / 1M out

Context: 163,840 tokens•Max Output: 147,456 tokens•Knowledge: 2024-07-31•Released: 2025-03-24

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Context Window163,840163.8K tokens

Max Output147,456147.5K tokens

LicenseOpen SourceSelf-hostable

Input Modalities

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Function / Tool CallingSupported (MCP Ready)

Structured OutputsGuaranteed Schema

MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) READINESS

✓ DeepSeek V3 0324 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 163,840 tokens, this model can handle moderately large MCP tool definitions and multi-turn conversation logs comfortably.

API CALL INVOCATION EXAMPLE

// Example: Calling DeepSeek V3 0324 via OpenAI SDK
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY,
});

const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello! Can you inspect MCP tools?" }],
});

console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);