# Connect DeepSeek to LotsCRM

Canonical page: https://lotscrm.com/agents/deepseek
Steps checked: 2026-10-01

Ask DeepSeek to add leads, log your conversations, move deals and line up follow-ups in LotsCRM. Add LotsCRM to DeepSeek as a remote MCP server with an API key.

MCP server URL: https://api.lotscrm.com/mcp
REST API docs: https://api.lotscrm.com/docs
Setup instructions for your agent: https://lotscrm.com/skill.md

## What you can do once connected

- Add and update contacts and companies, and import up to 100 prospects at a time.
- Create deals on your pipelines and move them between stages, with a reason when one is lost.
- Log calls, meetings, emails, messages and notes after they happen.
- Set, reschedule and complete follow-ups, and see what is due or overdue.
- Search contacts, companies and deals, and read the CRM briefing, a pre-call deal brief or a pipeline summary.
- Draft a follow-up from your CRM history, then log it once you send it with the tools you already use.

The LotsCRM dashboard does the whole job too: contacts, companies, the pipeline, follow-ups in your Today view and team access. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.

## You need

- DeepSeek Harness with the dsh-mcp-client package in your profile
- A LotsCRM API key supplied through the LOTSCRM_API_KEY environment variable
- A LotsCRM account. You can create one during sign-in.

## Connect DeepSeek to LotsCRM

1. **Register a remote MCP entry.** Add this entry to your DeepSeek Harness profile using its documented dsh-mcp-client configuration. Use the HTTP configuration below.

```
- id: mcp-lots-crm
  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client'
  config:
    serverName: lots-crm
    transport: streamable-http
    url: https://api.lotscrm.com/mcp
    headers:
      Authorization: !!js '`Bearer ${process.env.LOTSCRM_API_KEY}`'
```

2. **Supply the key and restart the harness.** Create a key at https://www.lotstech.com/api and store it securely in the runtime environment. After startup, tools appear under mcp__lots-crm__. Confirm discovery with a read-only request before changing anything.

## What to ask next

- “Add these 20 people from today’s event and tag them “Oct meetup”.”
- “Log my call with Priya and move her deal to Proposal.”
- “What follow-ups are due today?”
- “Brief me on the Acme deal before my call.”

## Questions and troubleshooting

### How do I connect DeepSeek to LotsCRM?

Follow the DeepSeek setup above to add https://api.lotscrm.com/mcp. Configure your LotsCRM API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my LotsCRM workspaces”.

### Does the DeepSeek chat app connect to LotsCRM?

This guide covers DeepSeek Harness and its Streamable HTTP MCP client, not the DeepSeek consumer chat. Follow the steps above with a LotsCRM API key.

### Do I need an API key to use LotsCRM with DeepSeek?

Yes. Create one at https://www.lotstech.com/api and keep it out of chats, logs and committed files. Where DeepSeek offers sign-in, use that instead.

### What does LotsCRM cost?

Current plans and prices are on https://lotscrm.com/pricing. Your agent’s own plan or usage fees are separate.

### Does LotsCRM send emails or messages?

LotsCRM is the record of your sales work. Your agent drafts and sends messages with the tools you already use, then logs each one in LotsCRM, so every conversation sits on the right contact and deal. Follow-ups you schedule appear in your Today view.

### What can my agent do in my workspace?

Your agent acts as you, so it can do exactly what your workspace role allows. Owners can do everything and viewers can only read.

### Can my agent delete CRM records?

Your agent archives contacts, companies and deals. Archiving is recoverable and keeps the history, and there is no hard delete through MCP.

### Can one agent work across several clients?

Yes. Each workspace is a separate sales book, one per business or client. Your agent lists your workspaces, picks the one you mean and keeps its records apart from the others.

### LotsCRM tools are not available

Check that LotsCRM is enabled for this session and authentication has completed. Reload the connection or start a new session to refresh its tools.

## Sources

- [DeepSeek Harness: official MCP client](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/mcp/mcp-client/README.md)