# Connect DeepSeek to LotsBusiness

Canonical page: https://lots.business/agents/deepseek
Steps checked: 2026-10-01

Ask DeepSeek to update your business page, website and Google posts in LotsBusiness. Add LotsBusiness to DeepSeek as a remote MCP server with an API key.

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

## What you can do once connected

- Keep your business record up to date: contact details, opening hours, services, photos, links and FAQs.
- Build and edit your website, and share a private preview before anything goes live.
- Prepare your Google Business Profile for your approval and post updates, offers and events to it.
- Show which local directories fit your business and give you the same listing details, worded the same way, for each one.
- Read messages from your website contact form, reply to reviews and answer questions on your listing.
- For agencies: run every client business from one workspace and send clients an approval link.

The LotsBusiness dashboard does everything an agent does, so you can check, edit or undo any change. Your agent for speed, the dashboard for control.

## You need

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

## Connect DeepSeek to LotsBusiness

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-business
  name: '@deepseek-ai/dsh-mcp-client'
  config:
    serverName: lots-business
    transport: streamable-http
    url: https://api.lots.business/mcp
    headers:
      Authorization: !!js '`Bearer ${process.env.LOTSBUSINESS_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-business__. Confirm discovery with a read-only request before changing anything.

## What to ask next

- “Build a website for my salon from our listing and send me the preview”
- “Post this weekend’s offer to our Google Business Profile”
- “Which local directories should my plumbing business be on, and what do I submit?”
- “Update our opening hours for the holiday weekend”

## Questions and troubleshooting

### How do I connect DeepSeek to LotsBusiness?

Follow the DeepSeek setup above to add https://api.lots.business/mcp. Configure your LotsBusiness API key using the credential settings shown. Then ask “List my businesses on LotsBusiness and what each one still needs”.

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

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

### Do I need an API key to use LotsBusiness 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 LotsBusiness cost?

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

### Does my agent publish my website or post to Google without asking?

Your agent shares a private preview before a website is published and shows you the text before a Google post. You can check or undo any change in the dashboard.

### Does my agent submit my business to other directories?

No. It lists the directories that fit your business and country and gives you the exact details to enter, worded the same for each. You or your agency submit, and your agent tracks each one.

### Do I need a paid business to use an agent?

Every business starts with a free directory listing. A paid business also unlocks its website, Google Business Profile tools, directory list and business email. See the pricing page for details.

### LotsBusiness tools are not available

Check that LotsBusiness 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)