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# Gemini Grounding with Google Search

- Record ID: `web-search:google`
- Record version: `1.0.1`
- Schema version: `1.1.0`
- Category: `web.search`
- Delivery model: `model_hosted`
- Record status: `accepted`
- Catalog release: `web-search-v0.2.0`
- Machine URI: https://intentroute.net/catalog/v1/web-search/records/google.json
- Human URI: https://intentroute.net/catalog/web-search/google

## Agent tasks

- `current_fact_retrieval` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`, `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`
- `source_discovery` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`
- `citation_gathering` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`
- `fresh_content_for_rag` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`, `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`

## Claims

### identity.provider

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"official_name":"Google","official_url":"https://ai.google.dev/"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-11-14
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Provider/product documentation
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### identity.product

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"official_name":"Gemini Grounding with Google Search","documentation_url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-11-14
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Product title and documentation boundary
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### access.endpoint

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"base_url":"https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com","search_path":"/v1beta/models/{model}:generateContent","http_method":"POST"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Documented request example or endpoint reference
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### access.authentication

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `["api_key_header"]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Documented authentication method
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### access.availability

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `"public_signup"`
- Observed: 2026-08-24
- Next review: 2026-08-31
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-24
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Documented account or access path
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### access.product_stage

- State: `unknown`
- Confidence: `unknown`
- Value: `unknown`
- Observed: unknown
- Next review: unknown
- Evidence: none (claim is explicitly unknown)

### capabilities.request_features

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `["query","other"]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Documented request controls
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### capabilities.response_fields

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `["title","url","answer","other"]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Grounding with Google Search](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/google-search) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Documented structured response or citation fields
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### commercial.pricing

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"billing_model":"usage_based","provider_units":[{"tier_name":"Gemini 3.x paid grounding","amount":"14","currency":"USD","unit":"search_requests","unit_quantity":1000,"description":"After the shared 5,000 monthly free search requests; other model families can have different grounding prices."}],"normalized_units":[]}`
- Observed: 2026-08-24
- Next review: 2026-08-31
- Evidence: [Gemini Developer API pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-24
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Current provider pricing table
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### commercial.quota

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"limits":[{"name":"Gemini 3.x shared free search requests","amount":5000,"period":"month"}]}`
- Observed: 2026-08-24
- Next review: 2026-08-31
- Evidence: [Gemini Developer API pricing](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-24
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Current public allowance or rate table
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### coverage.languages

- State: `unknown`
- Confidence: `unknown`
- Value: `unknown`
- Observed: unknown
- Next review: unknown
- Evidence: none (claim is explicitly unknown)

### coverage.geographies

- State: `unknown`
- Confidence: `unknown`
- Value: `unknown`
- Observed: unknown
- Next review: unknown
- Evidence: none (claim is explicitly unknown)

### policy.terms

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"terms_url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms","effective_on":null}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Gemini API Additional Terms of Service](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Applicable public terms
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### policy.privacy

- State: `unknown`
- Confidence: `unknown`
- Value: `unknown`
- Observed: unknown
- Next review: unknown
- Evidence: none (claim is explicitly unknown)

### policy.usage_restrictions

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `["Grounding results and links are subject to special display, storage, and indexing restrictions in the Gemini API terms."]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [Gemini API Additional Terms of Service](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Material attributable use boundary
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

## Correction and revision history

- Correction state: `none`
- Public correction URI: not operational
- Acknowledgement target: not promised
- Resolution target: not promised
- Revisions: none