# Cloudflare Workers AI
## Overview
[Cloudflare’s Workers AI platform](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/) lets you run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare’s global network, even on the free plan!
Workers AI comes with a curated set of [popular open-source models](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/) that enable you to do tasks such as image classification, text generation, object detection and more.
## Choosing a model
To make use of the full power of ElevenLabs Agents you need to use a model that supports [function calling](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/#what-models-support-function-calling).
When browsing the [model catalog](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/), look for models with the function calling property beside it.
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8iwPIdzTwAA?rel=0
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Cloudflare Workers AI provides access to [DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b/), a model distilled from DeepSeek-R1 based on Qwen2.5. It outperforms OpenAI-o1-mini across various benchmarks, achieving new state-of-the-art results for dense models.
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## Set up DeepSeek R1 on Cloudflare Workers AI
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Navigate to [dash.cloudflare.com](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and create or sign in to your account. In the navigation, select AI > Workers AI, and then click on the “Use REST API” widget.
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Once you have your API key, you can try it out immediately with a curl request. Cloudflare provides an OpenAI-compatible API endpoint making this very convenient. At this point make a note of the model and the full endpoint — including the account ID. For example: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}c/ai/v1/`.
```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/v1/chat/completions \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}" \
-d '{
"model": "@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b",
"messages": [
{"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
{"role": "user", "content": "How many Rs in the word Strawberry?"}
],
"stream": false
}'
```
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Navigate to your [AI Agent](https://elevenlabs.io/app/agents), scroll down to the “Secrets” section and select “Add Secret”. After adding the secret, make sure to hit “Save” to make the secret available to your agent.
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Choose “Custom LLM” from the dropdown menu.
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For the Server URL, specify Cloudflare’s OpenAI-compatible API endpoint: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/v1/`. For the Model ID, specify `@cf/deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b` as discussed above, and select your API key from the dropdown menu.
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Now you can go ahead and click “Test AI Agent” to chat with your custom DeepSeek R1 model.
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## Related pages
- [Administration](./administration-index.md)
- [API reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)
- [ElevenAgents](./elevenagents-index.md)
- [ElevenAPI](./elevenapi-index.md)
- [ElevenCreative](./elevencreative-index.md)
- [ElevenLabs Documentation Docs](../index.md)
- [General Troubleshooting FAQ](./troubleshooting-index.md)
- [General Website FAQ](./website-index.md)
- [Help Center](./help-center-2-index.md)
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