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# OpenAI Web Search

- Record ID: `web-search:openai`
- 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/openai.json
- Human URI: https://intentroute.net/catalog/web-search/openai

## 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`
- `comparative_research` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`, `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`
- `domain_constrained_search` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`
- `regional_search` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`
- `fresh_content_for_rag` — basis: `/claims/capabilities/request_features`, `/claims/capabilities/response_fields`

## Claims

### identity.provider

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"official_name":"OpenAI","official_url":"https://openai.com/"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-11-14
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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":"OpenAI Web Search","documentation_url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-search"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-11-14
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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://api.openai.com","search_path":"/v1/responses","http_method":"POST"}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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: `["bearer_token"]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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","domain_filter","geography"]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-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":"Web search tool","amount":"10","currency":"USD","unit":"web_search_calls","unit_quantity":1000,"description":"Search tool calls; model and search-content token charges are separate."}],"normalized_units":[]}`
- Observed: 2026-08-24
- Next review: 2026-08-31
- Evidence: [OpenAI API pricing](https://developers.openai.com/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: `unknown`
- Confidence: `unknown`
- Value: `unknown`
- Observed: unknown
- Next review: unknown
- Evidence: none (claim is explicitly unknown)

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

### policy.privacy

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `{"privacy_url":"https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/default-usage-policies-by-endpoint","retention_summary":"API content is not used to train models unless the customer opts in; endpoint retention depends on configured controls."}`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [OpenAI API data controls](https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/default-usage-policies-by-endpoint) — public_documentation, observed 2026-08-16
  - Source published: unknown
  - Locator: Public privacy or data-control statement
  - Content digest: not preserved
  - Notes: none

### policy.usage_restrictions

- State: `current`
- Confidence: `high`
- Value: `["Source citations returned to end users must remain visible and clickable."]`
- Observed: 2026-08-16
- Next review: 2026-09-15
- Evidence: [OpenAI Web Search guide](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-web-search) — 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