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AI Usage > Web search requests

Written by Tom Williams

Dataset: AI Usage

Entity: AI Usage Measurement

Field ID: web_search_requests

Type: Number

Description: The number of web searches performed by the AI assistant.

Not published by GitHub Copilot. This measurement is empty on GitHub Copilot records. It is populated by Claude Platform.

Source: App

Transformation logic: N/A

App Mapping

GitHub Copilot

N/A

Claude Platform

server_tool_use.web_search_requests

Cursor (coming soon)

N/A

OpenAI Platform

N/A

OpenAI Codex Enterprise

N/A

Reporting Use Cases

The Web search requests field counts server-side tool calls the assistant made to search the web.

  • Billable tool use: Web searches are metered separately from tokens by the providers that offer them, so they are worth tracking alongside consumption.

  • Anthropic only: No other provider publishes a tool use count today.

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