# Olostep Answers

> Olostep Answers is a paid API for AI agents from Olostep API at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Uses AI to autonomously search and browse the web to find answers to open-ended questions or tasks

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mpp.orthogonal.com/olostep/v1/answers?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Olostep API
- Docs: https://api.olostep.com
- Website: https://api.olostep.com
- Tags: scraping, extraction, search, crawl, web
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/olostep-api-olostep-answers-43bc587e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uKkGPW1b4JO792DeFs38D

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability olostep-api-olostep-answers-43bc587e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search the web and find me the current CEO of OpenAI and when they were appointed — browse as many pages as needed to get an accurate, up-to-date answer.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a direct, synthesized answer to an open-ended question that requires live web browsing and may span multiple pages — ideal for fact-finding, research tasks, and questions requiring current information. Prefer this over the Scrapes endpoint when you don't know the exact URL to fetch, and over the Crawls endpoint when you need a single answer rather than full site indexing.

## Known failure modes

- Task is too vague or ambiguous for the AI to search effectively
- No relevant web pages found for the query
- Web pages are behind paywalls or require authentication
- Rate limit exceeded for the account
- Network or timeout error during browsing
- Answer cannot be determined from publicly available web content

## How this service works

The AI will perform actions like searching and browsing web pages to find the answer to the provided task. Execution time is 3-30s depending upon complexity. For longer tasks, use the agent endpoint instead.

## Output

A synthesized, AI-generated answer to the provided task, derived from searching and browsing relevant web pages in real time. Includes the answer text and may reference the sources visited.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/olostep-api-olostep-answers-43bc587e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)