name: DeepSeek List Models API Capabilities
description: >-
  Capabilities exposed by the DeepSeek List Models API for discovering the
  models currently available to an account.
capabilities:
  - name: List Models
    description: Returns a list of model objects available to the authenticated account.
    operationId: listModels
    method: GET
    path: /models
use_cases:
  - name: Model discovery
    description: Programmatically enumerate available DeepSeek models before sending requests.
  - name: Capability gating
    description: Conditionally enable or disable application features based on which models are accessible.
  - name: Deprecation handling
    description: Detect when legacy models are no longer listed and automatically fall back to current models.