Two Tools Help AI Find and Read Web Pages

Vercel AI Gateway now offers DeepSeek Search and DeepSeek Fetch. The two tools do different jobs when AI needs web information. Search looks for pages and returns their titles, links, and short descriptions. Fetch then gets the text from a page for the AI. Finding a page and reading its contents are separate steps. Teams can use both tools together to support the same task.

AI systems that can use tools can work with both. Teams do not need to open a separate DeepSeek account. They use one AI Gateway API key to access the tools. An API key is a code that gives software access to a service. They can keep the tools when they change AI services. This separates the choice of AI from the choice of search tools.

If DeepSeek Search fails, teams can offer other ways to search. Fetch can read a page found by any of those tools. But the AI decides how to try another search option. Teams should not expect a fixed order every time it fails. Limits on how often it tries again are also not guaranteed. The article describes these choices as attempts rather than firm promises.

Each tool costs $0.75 for every 1,000 requests that are charged. Failed requests, empty results, and requests that take too long have no tool charge. Teams also pay separately for the text the AI system processes. The search tools work with supported versions of Vercel's AI SDK. This software helps developers connect AI features inside their applications. The announcement brings web search and page reading into that existing setup.