One of the following:
class BetaEasyInputMessage: …

A message input to the model with a role indicating instruction following hierarchy. Instructions given with the developer or system role take precedence over instructions given with the user role. Messages with the assistant role are presumed to have been generated by the model in previous interactions.

content: Union[str, BetaResponseInputMessageContentList]

Text, image, or audio input to the model, used to generate a response. Can also contain previous assistant responses.

One of the following:
str

A text input to the model.

List[BetaResponseInputContent]
One of the following:
class BetaResponseInputText: …

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class BetaResponseInputImage: …

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs.

detail: BetaImageDetail

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, auto, or original. Defaults to auto.

type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

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prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class BetaResponseInputFile: …

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

detail: Optional[Literal["auto", "low", "high"]]

The detail level of the file to be sent to the model. Use auto to let the system select the detail level; for GPT-5.6 and later models, auto uses high-quality rendering, which may increase input token usage. Use low for lower-cost rendering, or high to render the file at higher quality. Defaults to auto.

One of the following:
"auto"
"low"
"high"
file_data: Optional[str]

The content of the file to be sent to the model.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

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filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

role: Literal["user", "assistant", "system", "developer"]

The role of the message input. One of user, assistant, system, or developer.

One of the following:
"user"
"assistant"
"system"
"developer"
phase: Optional[Literal["commentary", "final_answer"]]

Labels an assistant message as intermediate commentary (commentary) or the final answer (final_answer). For models like gpt-5.3-codex and beyond, when sending follow-up requests, preserve and resend phase on all assistant messages — dropping it can degrade performance. Not used for user messages.

One of the following:
"commentary"
"final_answer"
type: Optional[Literal["message"]]

The type of the message input. Always message.

class Message: …

A message input to the model with a role indicating instruction following hierarchy. Instructions given with the developer or system role take precedence over instructions given with the user role.

content: BetaResponseInputMessageContentList

A list of one or many input items to the model, containing different content types.

role: Literal["user", "system", "developer"]

The role of the message input. One of user, system, or developer.

One of the following:
"user"
"system"
"developer"
agent: Optional[MessageAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Optional[Literal["message"]]

The type of the message input. Always set to message.

class BetaResponseOutputMessage: …

An output message from the model.

id: str

The unique ID of the output message.

content: List[Content]

The content of the output message.

One of the following:
class BetaResponseOutputText: …

A text output from the model.

annotations: List[Annotation]

The annotations of the text output.

One of the following:
class AnnotationFileCitation: …

A citation to a file.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

filename: str

The filename of the file cited.

index: int

The index in the output text at which to insert the file citation.

type: Literal["file_citation"]

The type of the file citation. Always file_citation.

class AnnotationURLCitation: …

A citation for a web resource used to generate a model response.

end_index: int

The index of the last character of the URL citation in the message.

start_index: int

The index of the first character of the URL citation in the message.

title: str

The title of the web resource.

type: Literal["url_citation"]

The type of the URL citation. Always url_citation.

url: str

The URL of the web resource.

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class AnnotationContainerFileCitation: …

A citation for a container file used to generate a model response.

container_id: str

The ID of the container file.

end_index: int

The index of the last character of the container file citation in the message.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

filename: str

The filename of the container file cited.

start_index: int

The index of the first character of the container file citation in the message.

type: Literal["container_file_citation"]

The type of the container file citation. Always container_file_citation.

class AnnotationFilePath: …

A path to a file.

file_id: str

The ID of the file.

index: int

The index of the file in the list of files.

type: Literal["file_path"]

The type of the file path. Always file_path.

text: str

The text output from the model.

type: Literal["output_text"]

The type of the output text. Always output_text.

logprobs: Optional[List[Logprob]]
token: str
bytes: List[int]
logprob: float
top_logprobs: List[LogprobTopLogprob]
token: str
bytes: List[int]
logprob: float
class BetaResponseOutputRefusal: …

A refusal from the model.

refusal: str

The refusal explanation from the model.

type: Literal["refusal"]

The type of the refusal. Always refusal.

role: Literal["assistant"]

The role of the output message. Always assistant.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]

The status of the message input. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when input items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Literal["message"]

The type of the output message. Always message.

agent: Optional[Agent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

phase: Optional[Literal["commentary", "final_answer"]]

Labels an assistant message as intermediate commentary (commentary) or the final answer (final_answer). For models like gpt-5.3-codex and beyond, when sending follow-up requests, preserve and resend phase on all assistant messages — dropping it can degrade performance. Not used for user messages.

One of the following:
"commentary"
"final_answer"
class BetaResponseFileSearchToolCall: …

The results of a file search tool call. See the file search guide for more information.

id: str

The unique ID of the file search tool call.

queries: List[str]

The queries used to search for files.

status: Literal["in_progress", "searching", "completed", 2 more]

The status of the file search tool call. One of in_progress, searching, incomplete or failed,

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"searching"
"completed"
"incomplete"
"failed"
type: Literal["file_search_call"]

The type of the file search tool call. Always file_search_call.

agent: Optional[Agent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

results: Optional[List[Result]]

The results of the file search tool call.

attributes: Optional[Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool]]]

Set of 16 key-value pairs that can be attached to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format, and querying for objects via API or the dashboard. Keys are strings with a maximum length of 64 characters. Values are strings with a maximum length of 512 characters, booleans, or numbers.

One of the following:
str
float
bool
file_id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the file.

filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file.

score: Optional[float]

The relevance score of the file - a value between 0 and 1.

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text: Optional[str]

The text that was retrieved from the file.

class BetaResponseComputerToolCall: …

A tool call to a computer use tool. See the computer use guide for more information.

id: str

The unique ID of the computer call.

call_id: str

An identifier used when responding to the tool call with output.

pending_safety_checks: List[PendingSafetyCheck]

The pending safety checks for the computer call.

id: str

The ID of the pending safety check.

code: Optional[str]

The type of the pending safety check.

message: Optional[str]

Details about the pending safety check.

status: Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
type: Literal["computer_call"]

The type of the computer call. Always computer_call.

action: Optional[BetaComputerAction]

A click action.

actions: Optional[BetaComputerActionList]

Flattened batched actions for computer_use. Each action includes an type discriminator and action-specific fields.

agent: Optional[Agent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

class ComputerCallOutput: …

The output of a computer tool call.

call_id: str

The ID of the computer tool call that produced the output.

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maxLength64
output: BetaResponseComputerToolCallOutputScreenshot

A computer screenshot image used with the computer use tool.

type: Literal["computer_call_output"]

The type of the computer tool call output. Always computer_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The ID of the computer tool call output.

acknowledged_safety_checks: Optional[List[ComputerCallOutputAcknowledgedSafetyCheck]]

The safety checks reported by the API that have been acknowledged by the developer.

id: str

The ID of the pending safety check.

code: Optional[str]

The type of the pending safety check.

message: Optional[str]

Details about the pending safety check.

agent: Optional[ComputerCallOutputAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the message input. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when input items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
One of the following:
One of the following:
class BetaResponseFunctionToolCall: …

A tool call to run a function. See the function calling guide for more information.

arguments: str

A JSON string of the arguments to pass to the function.

call_id: str

The unique ID of the function tool call generated by the model.

name: str

The name of the function to run.

type: Literal["function_call"]

The type of the function tool call. Always function_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the function tool call.

agent: Optional[Agent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

async_: Optional[bool]

Whether the function tool call runs asynchronously.

caller: Optional[Caller]

The execution context that produced this tool call.

One of the following:
class CallerDirect: …
type: Literal["direct"]
class CallerProgram: …
caller_id: str

The call ID of the program item that produced this tool call.

type: Literal["program"]
namespace: Optional[str]

The namespace of the function to run.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class FunctionCallOutput: …

The output of a function tool call.

output: Union[str, BetaResponseFunctionCallOutputItemList]

Text, image, or file output of the function tool call.

One of the following:
str

A JSON string of the output of the function tool call.

One of the following:
class BetaResponseInputTextContent: …

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class BetaResponseInputImageContent: …

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs

type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

detail: Optional[BetaImageDetail]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, auto, or original. Defaults to auto.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

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prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class BetaResponseInputFileContent: …

A file input to the model.

type: Literal["input_file"]

The type of the input item. Always input_file.

detail: Optional[Literal["auto", "low", "high"]]

The detail level of the file to be sent to the model. Use auto to let the system select the detail level; for GPT-5.6 and later models, auto uses high-quality rendering, which may increase input token usage. Use low for lower-cost rendering, or high to render the file at higher quality. Defaults to auto.

One of the following:
"auto"
"low"
"high"
file_data: Optional[str]

The base64-encoded data of the file to be sent to the model.

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file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

file_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the file to be sent to the model.

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filename: Optional[str]

The name of the file to be sent to the model.

prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

type: Literal["function_call_output"]

The type of the function tool call output. Always function_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the function tool call output. Populated when this item is returned via API.

agent: Optional[FunctionCallOutputAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

call_id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the function tool call generated by the model.

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maxLength64
caller: Optional[FunctionCallOutputCaller]

The execution context that produced this tool call.

One of the following:
class FunctionCallOutputCallerDirect: …
type: Literal["direct"]

The caller type. Always direct.

class FunctionCallOutputCallerProgram: …
caller_id: str

The call ID of the program item that produced this tool call.

minLength1
maxLength64
type: Literal["program"]

The caller type. Always program.

name: Optional[str]

The name of the tool that produced the output.

minLength1
maxLength128
namespace: Optional[str]

The namespace of the tool that produced the output.

minLength1
maxLength64
status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the item. One of in_progress, completed, or incomplete. Populated when items are returned via API.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class AgentMessage: …

A message routed between agents.

author: str

The sending agent identity.

content: List[AgentMessageContent]

Plaintext, image, or encrypted content sent between agents.

One of the following:
class BetaResponseInputTextContent: …

A text input to the model.

text: str

The text input to the model.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["input_text"]

The type of the input item. Always input_text.

prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class BetaResponseInputImageContent: …

An image input to the model. Learn about image inputs

type: Literal["input_image"]

The type of the input item. Always input_image.

detail: Optional[BetaImageDetail]

The detail level of the image to be sent to the model. One of high, low, auto, or original. Defaults to auto.

file_id: Optional[str]

The ID of the file to be sent to the model.

image_url: Optional[str]

The URL of the image to be sent to the model. A fully qualified URL or base64 encoded image in a data URL.

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prompt_cache_breakpoint: Optional[PromptCacheBreakpoint]

Marks the exact end of a reusable prompt prefix. The breakpoint inherits its TTL from the request’s prompt_cache_options.ttl; the boundary is not rounded to a token block.

mode: Literal["explicit"]

The breakpoint mode. Always explicit.

class AgentMessageContentEncryptedContent: …

Opaque encrypted content that Responses API decrypts inside trusted model execution.

encrypted_content: str

Opaque encrypted content.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["encrypted_content"]

The type of the input item. Always encrypted_content.

recipient: str

The destination agent identity.

type: Literal["agent_message"]

The item type. Always agent_message.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of this agent message item.

agent: Optional[AgentMessageAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

class MultiAgentCall: …
action: Literal["spawn_agent", "interrupt_agent", "list_agents", 3 more]

The multi-agent action that was executed.

One of the following:
"spawn_agent"
"interrupt_agent"
"list_agents"
"send_message"
"followup_task"
"wait_agent"
arguments: str

The action arguments as a JSON string.

call_id: str

The unique ID linking this call to its output.

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maxLength64
type: Literal["multi_agent_call"]

The item type. Always multi_agent_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of this multi-agent call.

agent: Optional[MultiAgentCallAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

class MultiAgentCallOutput: …
action: Literal["spawn_agent", "interrupt_agent", "list_agents", 3 more]

The multi-agent action that produced this result.

One of the following:
"spawn_agent"
"interrupt_agent"
"list_agents"
"send_message"
"followup_task"
"wait_agent"
call_id: str

The unique ID of the multi-agent call.

minLength1
maxLength64
output: List[MultiAgentCallOutputOutput]

Text output returned by the multi-agent action.

text: str

The text content.

maxLength10485760
type: Literal["output_text"]

The content type. Always output_text.

annotations: Optional[List[MultiAgentCallOutputOutputAnnotation]]

Citations associated with the text content.

One of the following:
class MultiAgentCallOutputOutputAnnotationFileCitation: …
file_id: str

The ID of the file.

filename: str

The filename of the file cited.

index: int

The index of the file in the list of files.

minimum0
type: Literal["file_citation"]

The citation type. Always file_citation.

class MultiAgentCallOutputOutputAnnotationURLCitation: …
end_index: int

The index of the last character of the citation in the message.

minimum0
start_index: int

The index of the first character of the citation in the message.

minimum0
title: str

The title of the cited resource.

type: Literal["url_citation"]

The citation type. Always url_citation.

url: str

The URL of the cited resource.

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class MultiAgentCallOutputOutputAnnotationContainerFileCitation: …
container_id: str

The ID of the container.

end_index: int

The index of the last character of the citation in the message.

minimum0
file_id: str

The ID of the container file.

filename: str

The filename of the container file cited.

start_index: int

The index of the first character of the citation in the message.

minimum0
type: Literal["container_file_citation"]

The citation type. Always container_file_citation.

type: Literal["multi_agent_call_output"]

The item type. Always multi_agent_call_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of this multi-agent call output.

agent: Optional[MultiAgentCallOutputAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

class ToolSearchCall: …
arguments: object

The arguments supplied to the tool search call.

type: Literal["tool_search_call"]

The item type. Always tool_search_call.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of this tool search call.

agent: Optional[ToolSearchCallAgent]

The agent that produced this item.

agent_name: str

The canonical name of the agent that produced this item.

call_id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the tool search call generated by the model.

minLength1
maxLength64
execution: Optional[Literal["server", "client"]]

Whether tool search was executed by the server or by the client.

One of the following:
"server"
"client"
status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the tool search call.

One of the following:
"in_progress"
"completed"
"incomplete"
class BetaResponseToolSearchOutputItemParam: …
tools: List[Tool]

The loaded tool definitions returned by the tool search output.

One of the following:
class BetaFunctionTool: …

Defines a function in your own code the model can choose to call. Learn more about function calling.

name: str

The name of the function to call.

parameters: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

A JSON schema object describing the parameters of the function.

strict: Optional[bool]

Whether strict parameter validation is enforced for this function tool.

type: Literal["function"]

The type of the function tool. Always function.

allowed_callers: Optional[List[Literal["direct", "programmatic"]]]

The tool invocation context(s).

One of the following:
"direct"
"programmatic"
async_: Optional[bool]
defer_loading: Optional[bool]

Whether this function is deferred and loaded via tool search.

description: Optional[str]

A description of the function. Used by the model to determine whether or not to call the function.

output_schema: Optional[Dict[str, object]]

A JSON schema object describing the JSON value encoded in string outputs for this function.

class BetaFileSearchTool: …

A tool that searches for relevant content from uploaded files. Learn more about the file search tool.

type: Literal["file_search"]

The type of the file search tool. Always file_search.

vector_store_ids: List[str]

The IDs of the vector stores to search.

filters: Optional[Filters]

A filter to apply.

One of the following:
class FiltersComparisonFilter: …

A filter used to compare a specified attribute key to a given value using a defined comparison operation.

key: str

The key to compare against the value.

type: Literal["eq", "ne", "gt", 5 more]

Specifies the comparison operator: eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, nin.

  • eq: equals
  • ne: not equal
  • gt: greater than
  • gte: greater than or equal
  • lt: less than
  • lte: less than or equal
  • in: in
  • nin: not in
One of the following:
"eq"
"ne"
"gt"
"gte"
"lt"
"lte"
"in"
"nin"
value: Union[str, float, bool, List[Union[str, float]]]

The value to compare against the attribute key; supports string, number, or boolean types.

One of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Union[str, float]]
One of the following:
str
float
class FiltersCompoundFilter: …

Combine multiple filters using and or or.

filters: List[FiltersCompoundFilterFilter]

Array of filters to combine. Items can be ComparisonFilter or CompoundFilter.

One of the following:
class FiltersCompoundFilterFilterComparisonFilter: …

A filter used to compare a specified attribute key to a given value using a defined comparison operation.

key: str

The key to compare against the value.

type: Literal["eq", "ne", "gt", 5 more]

Specifies the comparison operator: eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, nin.

  • eq: equals
  • ne: not equal
  • gt: greater than
  • gte: greater than or equal
  • lt: less than
  • lte: less than or equal
  • in: in
  • nin: not in
One of the following:
"eq"
"ne"
"gt"
"gte"
"lt"
"lte"
"in"
"nin"
value: Union[str, float, bool, List[Union[str, float]]]

The value to compare against the attribute key; supports string, number, or boolean types.

One of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Union[str, float]]
One of the following:
str
float
object
type: Literal["and", "or"]

Type of operation: and or or.

One of the following:
"and"
"or"
max_num_results: Optional[int]

The maximum number of results to return. This number should be between 1 and 50 inclusive.

ranking_options: Optional[RankingOptions]

Ranking options for search.

text_weight: float

The weight of the text in the reciprocal ranking fusion.

ranker: Optional[Literal["auto", "default-2024-11-15"]]

The ranker to use for the file search.

One of the following:
"auto"
"default-2024-11-15"
score_threshold: Optional[float]

The score threshold for the file search, a number between 0 and 1. Numbers closer to 1 will attempt to return only the most relevant results, but may return fewer results.

class BetaComputerTool: …

A tool that controls a virtual computer. Learn more about the computer tool.

type: Literal["computer"]

The type of the computer tool. Always computer.

class BetaComputerUsePreviewTool: …

A tool that controls a virtual computer. Learn more about the computer tool.

display_height: int

The height of the computer display.

display_width: int

The width of the computer display.

environment: Literal["windows", "mac", "linux", 2 more]

The type of computer environment to control.

One of the following:
"windows"
"mac"
"linux"
"ubuntu"
"browser"
type: Literal["computer_use_preview"]

The type of the computer use tool. Always computer_use_preview.

class BetaWebSearchTool: …

Search the Internet for sources related to the prompt. Learn more about the web search tool.

type: Literal["web_search", "web_search_2025_08_26"]

The type of the web search tool. One of web_search or web_search_2025_08_26.

One of the following:
"web_search"
"web_search_2025_08_26"
external_web_access: Optional[bool]

Allow live internet access for web search. Defaults to true when omitted. When false, the web search tool runs in offline/cache-only mode and will not fetch new external content.

filters: Optional[Filters]

Filters for the search.

allowed_domains: Optional[List[str]]

Allowed domains for the search. If not provided, all domains are allowed. Subdomains of the provided domains are allowed as well.

Example: ["pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov"]

search_context_size: Optional[Literal["low", "medium", "high"]]

High level guidance for the amount of context window space to use for the search. One of low, medium, or high. medium is the default.

One of the following:
"low"
"medium"
"high"
user_location: Optional[UserLocation]

The approximate location of the user. If omitted or null, defaults to the United States. To avoid this fallback, pass {"type": "approximate"} without location fields. To localize results, provide the relevant location fields.

city: Optional[str]

Free text input for the city of the user, e.g. San Francisco.

country: Optional[str]

The two-letter ISO country code of the user, e.g. US.

region: Optional[str]

Free text input for the region of the user, e.g. California.

timezone: Optional[str]

The IANA timezone of the user, e.g. America/Los_Angeles.

type: Optional[Literal["approximate"]]

The type of location approximation. Always approximate.

class ToolMcp: …

Give the model access to additional tools via remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more about MCP.

server_label: str

A label for this MCP server, used to identify it in tool calls.

type: Literal["mcp"]

The type of the MCP tool. Always mcp.

allowed_callers: Optional[List[Literal["direct", "programmatic"]]]

The tool invocation context(s).

One of the following:
"direct"
"programmatic"
allowed_tools: Optional[ToolMcpAllowedTools]

List of allowed tool names or a filter object.

One of the following:
List[str]

A string array of allowed tool names

class ToolMcpAllowedToolsMcpToolFilter: …

A filter object to specify which tools are allowed.

read_only: Optional[bool]

Indicates whether or not a tool modifies data or is read-only. If an MCP server is annotated with readOnlyHint, it will match this filter.

tool_names: Optional[List[str]]

List of allowed tool names.

authorization: Optional[str]

An OAuth access token that can be used with a remote MCP server, either with a custom MCP server URL or a service connector. Your application must handle the OAuth authorization flow and provide the token here.

connector_id: Optional[Literal["connector_dropbox", "connector_gmail", "connector_googlecalendar", 5 more]]

Deprecated.

Identifier for service connectors, like those available in ChatGPT. One of server_url, connector_id, or tunnel_id must be provided. Learn more about service connectors here.

This field is deprecated for models released after September 1, 2026. Use server_url to connect to a remote MCP server, or tunnel_id to connect through a Secure MCP Tunnel.

Currently supported connector_id values are:

  • Dropbox: connector_dropbox
  • Gmail: connector_gmail
  • Google Calendar: connector_googlecalendar
  • Google Drive: connector_googledrive
  • Microsoft Teams: connector_microsoftteams
  • Outlook Calendar: connector_outlookcalendar
  • Outlook Email: connector_outlookemail
  • SharePoint: connector_sharepoint
One of the following:
"connector_dropbox"
"connector_gmail"
"connector_googlecalendar"
"connector_googledrive"
"connector_microsoftteams"
"connector_outlookcalendar"
"connector_outlookemail"
"connector_sharepoint"
defer_loading: Optional[bool]

Whether this MCP tool is deferred and discovered via tool search.

headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]]

Optional HTTP headers to send to the MCP server. Use for authentication or other purposes.

require_approval: Optional[ToolMcpRequireApproval]

Specify which of the MCP server’s tools require approval.

server_description: Optional[str]

Optional description of the MCP server, used to provide more context.

server_url: Optional[str]

The URL for the MCP server. One of server_url, connector_id, or tunnel_id must be provided.

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tunnel_id: Optional[str]

The Secure MCP Tunnel ID to use instead of a direct server URL. One of server_url, connector_id, or tunnel_id must be provided.

class ToolCodeInterpreter: …

A tool that runs Python code to help generate a response to a prompt.

class ToolProgrammaticToolCalling: …
class ToolImageGeneration: …

A tool that generates images using the GPT image models.

class ToolLocalShell: …

A tool that allows the model to execute shell commands in a local environment.

class BetaFunctionShellTool: …

A tool that allows the model to execute shell commands.

class BetaCustomTool: …

A custom tool that processes input using a specified format. Learn more about custom tools

class BetaToolSearchOutputNamespaceTool: …

Groups function/custom tools under a shared namespace.

class BetaToolSearchTool: …

Hosted or BYOT tool search configuration for deferred tools.

class BetaWebSearchPreviewTool: …

This tool searches the web for relevant results to use in a response. Learn more about the web search tool.

class BetaApplyPatchTool: …

Allows the assistant to create, delete, or update files using unified diffs.

type: Literal["tool_search_output"]

The item type. Always tool_search_output.

id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of this tool search output.

agent: Optional[Agent]

The agent that produced this item.

call_id: Optional[str]

The unique ID of the tool search call generated by the model.

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maxLength64
execution: Optional[Literal["server", "client"]]

Whether tool search was executed by the server or by the client.

status: Optional[Literal["in_progress", "completed", "incomplete"]]

The status of the tool search output.

class AdditionalTools: …
class BetaResponseConfigurationUpdateItemParam: …

An update to the conversation’s response configuration. The configuration remains in effect for subsequent responses until it is replaced by another configuration update.

class BetaResponseReasoningItem: …

A description of the chain of thought used by a reasoning model while generating a response. Be sure to include these items in your input to the Responses API for subsequent turns of a conversation if you are manually managing context.

class BetaResponseCompactionItemParam: …

A compaction item generated by the v1/responses/compact API.

class ImageGenerationCall: …

An image generation request made by the model.

class BetaResponseCodeInterpreterToolCall: …

A tool call to run code.

class LocalShellCall: …

A tool call to run a command on the local shell.

class LocalShellCallOutput: …

The output of a local shell tool call.

class ShellCall: …

A tool representing a request to execute one or more shell commands.

class ShellCallOutput: …

The streamed output items emitted by a shell tool call.

class ApplyPatchCall: …

A tool call representing a request to create, delete, or update files using diff patches.

class ApplyPatchCallOutput: …

The streamed output emitted by an apply patch tool call.

class McpListTools: …

A list of tools available on an MCP server.

class McpApprovalRequest: …

A request for human approval of a tool invocation.

class McpApprovalResponse: …

A response to an MCP approval request.

class McpCall: …

An invocation of a tool on an MCP server.

class BetaResponseCustomToolCallOutput: …

The output of a custom tool call from your code, being sent back to the model.

class BetaResponseCustomToolCall: …

A call to a custom tool created by the model.

class CompactionTrigger: …

Compacts the current context. Must be the final input item.

class ItemReference: …

An internal identifier for an item to reference.

class Program: …
class ProgramOutput: …