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DeepSeek’s web tools start billing. Here’s the cost per task.
DeepSeek-backed agents face separate Search and Fetch charges from October 31 at noon Eastern. Count successful tool calls alongside model tokens.
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AI-generated conceptual illustration of separately metered search and page retrieval, not a product interface or technical diagram.
- Image model
- openai/gpt-5-image-mini
- Why this image
- Separate search and page-retrieval mechanisms explain why a single agent task can incur two kinds of tool charges without inventing a product interface.
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Use case: stylized-concept. Asset: Headless Thrones editorial hero for an analysis of separate web-search and page-retrieval charges in AI agent workflows. Create an elegant landscape editorial illustration at 1536 by 1024 if supported. A miniature cream-stone archive beside a deep teal harbor. Two distinct brass mechanisms sit side by side on a sage-green desk: a delicate magnifying lens that selects a handful of blank index cards, and a separate brass page-lifting arm that opens one blank book. Each mechanism has its own small unmarked mechanical counter, making their separate metering visible. A narrow winding path links both to a quiet forest-green study tower in the background. Clear focal point, generous negative space, precise miniature architecture, fine ink and watercolor texture, warm parchment #f4f1e8, forest green #263d35, sage #9aaa81, ocean teal #103d4a, restrained brass highlights, calm daylight. Conceptual illustration, not an actual product interface or technical diagram. No people, robots, logos, brand marks, readable text, letters, numbers, or watermark.
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