Web results in chat

When Oda searches the web or reads a page for a task, the chat shows a step you can open and read. This page explains those two steps and their cards; Chat with Oda covers the chat around them, and Step cards in chat lists the other kinds of card.

The two web steps

• A web search appears as a step titled Search, with the query Oda searched for.
• Reading a page appears as a step titled Fetch, with the address Oda opened.

Each step is one row; opening it shows its card: a search card lists the sources the search found, and a fetch card shows the page's address and what the request returned. What the search and the page reader can do, with their limits and their errors, is on Web search and page reading.

Read what a search found

Expand the Search step to read the result:

• When the search came back with a short answer, the card opens with it in text, above the sources.
• The sources are numbered in the order the search returned them. Each source is a link, labelled with its title; when the search gave no title, the site's address stands in.
• When the search supplied an excerpt or a date for a source, they appear under its link.
• A source is a link you can follow when it is a web address; any other address stays plain text.
• The list scrolls inside the card; it does not fold.

When a search list is capped or empty

• When the search found more sources than the card keeps, the list ends with Source list truncated: the card shows the sources it kept, and the note says the list is not the full set.
• When the search came back with neither an answer nor sources, the card reads No results found. Ask Oda again with different words.

Read what a fetch returned

Expand the Fetch step to read what came back:

• The card shows the page's address as a link, and under it the status the request returned, for example HTTP 200.
• A page that answered with an error status is still shown with its status; a read that fails outright is shown as a failed step instead.
• When the text Oda received was cut short, the card adds Content truncated. Open the page's address to read the rest.

When there is nothing to open

• While a web step runs, there is nothing to open yet: the card is drawn from the finished result.
• A failed web step shows the failure on its row and draws no card; opening it shows the recorded text. How failures fit into a task is on Tool calls in the chat.
• If a recorded result cannot be drawn as the card, the step opens to its recorded text instead; that fallback is covered on Oda's steps and tool results.
• A web call that ran inside another step, such as a block of code, keeps its row and draws no card.

Questions, answered

Why do the words Search and Fetch appear in my chat?

They are the labels of Oda's two web steps: Search for a web search, and Fetch for Oda reading one page. You do not need to use these words yourself; ask in your own words.

Why does a running web step have nothing to open?

The card is drawn from the finished result. While the search or the read still runs there is nothing to open yet; the card appears when the step settles.

Why did a failed web step lose its card?

A failed step shows the failure on its row and draws no card; opening it shows the recorded text instead.

What does Source list truncated mean?

The search found more sources than the card keeps, so the list stops at the card's limit. The note tells you the list is not the full set the search returned.

What does Content truncated mean on a fetched page?

The text Oda received from the page was cut short before the end. Open the page's address in the card to read the rest.

The web search says No results found. What now?

The search came back with no answer and no sources. Ask Oda again with different words; a new search appears as a new step in the chat.

Why is a source shown as plain text instead of a link?

A source becomes a link only when it is a web address; any other address stays plain text, so you can read it but there is nothing to open.

What do the numbers beside the sources mean?

They number the sources in the order the search returned them, so you can tell them apart and follow them one by one.

Why do some searches show a short answer above the sources?

When the search came back with a summary answer, the card shows it in text above the list. When it did not, the card starts at the sources.

Why does a web call that ran inside another step show no card?

The card is drawn for a web step's own result. A web call that ran inside another step, such as a block of code, keeps its row, and opening it shows the recorded text.