DeepSeek

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How to set up DeepSeek

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Authentication

1. Sign up at deepseek.com
2. Navigate to API settings
3. Generate an API key
4. Copy the API key and paste it in Cargo when connecting

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DeepSeek actions

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Instruct

• Model: Select the DeepSeek model
• Prompt: Your instruction or question

• System prompt: Set context for the model’s behavior
• Maximum tokens: Limit response length (1-8192, default 4096)
• Temperature: Control randomness (0-2, default 1)

• Text: Plain text response
• JSON object: Structured JSON output

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Use cases

• Lead research: Analyze and summarize information about prospects
• Email writing: Generate personalized sales outreach
• Data transformation: Convert data between formats
• Question answering: Build FAQ or support automation
• Analysis: Complex reasoning on business data

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Model comparison

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Best practices

• Use DeepSeek-V3 for straightforward generation tasks
• Use DeepSeek-R1 when you need the model to “show its work”
• Lower temperature (0.2-0.5) for factual, consistent outputs
• Higher temperature (0.7-1.0) for creative content
• Use JSON object output for structured data extraction
• Provide clear, specific system prompts for best results

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Example prompts

Analyze this lead and determine if they match our ICP:
- Company: {{company_name}}
- Industry: {{industry}}
- Size: {{employee_count}}

Our ICP: B2B SaaS companies, 50-500 employees, in tech industry.

Respond with qualification status and reasoning.

Write a cold email to {{first_name}} at {{company_name}}.
They are a {{job_title}} and their company {{recent_news}}.
Keep it under 100 words, casual tone, focus on {{value_prop}}.