Using ChatGPT’s New Responses API to Create AI Agents That Automatically Search the Web or Query Your Files


ChatGPT can now handle web searches and file searches natively through the Responses API. No more setting up separate Perplexity integrations or managing vector databases.

I built a complete example showing:

  • How to configure the built-in web search tool
  • Creating vector stores for file search
  • Getting an AI agent to automatically choose which tool to use
  • Testing with real questions (web search for sports records, file search for document data)

This is useful if you're:

  1. Building automation workflows with n8n, Make, or similar platforms
  2. Integrating ChatGPT into custom applications
  3. Exploring what the new API capabilities can do

The video goes step-by-step through setup and shows working examples. Would love to hear if anyone's already tried the Responses API and what you're building with it.

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