deepgram-install-auth

name	deepgram-install-auth
description	Install and configure Deepgram SDK authentication. Use when setting up a new Deepgram integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Deepgram in your project. Trigger: "install deepgram", "setup deepgram", "deepgram auth", "configure deepgram API key", "deepgram credentials".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Grep
version	1.13.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","deepgram","api","authentication","setup"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Deepgram Install & Auth

Current State

!npm list @deepgram/sdk 2>/dev/null || echo '@deepgram/sdk not installed' !pip show deepgram-sdk 2>/dev/null | grep Version || echo 'deepgram-sdk (Python) not installed'

Overview

Install the Deepgram SDK and configure API key authentication. Deepgram provides speech-to-text (Nova-3, Nova-2), text-to-speech (Aura-2), and audio intelligence APIs. The JS SDK uses createClient() (v3/v4) or new DeepgramClient() (v5+).

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Deepgram account at console.deepgram.com
• API key from Console > Settings > API Keys

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

Node.js (v3/v4 — current stable):

npm install @deepgram/sdk
# or
pnpm add @deepgram/sdk

Python:

pip install deepgram-sdk

Step 2: Configure API Key

# Option A: Environment variable (recommended)
export DEEPGRAM_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

# Option B: .env file (add .env to .gitignore)
echo 'DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=your-api-key-here' >> .env

Never hardcode keys. Use dotenv for local dev, secret managers in production.

Step 3: Initialize Client (TypeScript)

import { createClient } from '@deepgram/sdk';

// Reads DEEPGRAM_API_KEY from env automatically
const deepgram = createClient(process.env.DEEPGRAM_API_KEY!);

SDK v5+ uses a different constructor:

import { DeepgramClient } from ;
 deepgram =  ({ : process.. });