Olostep for AI agents
Agents read Olostep at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About Olostep
Olostep provides APIs for web scraping, crawling, search, structured answers, monitoring, and data extraction.
What an agent can do in Olostep
Every Olostep action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in Olostep without asking first. 7 actions.
- Get Credit BalanceReturn the connected team's remaining Olostep credits, credit lots, active subscription, and whether usage is enabled without consuming web-processing credits.
- Get Operation ResultRetrieve a stored scrape, search, map, answer, crawl, or batch by its operation ID without repeating or rebilling the original work. Crawl and batch results may still report in_progress.
- List Batch ItemsReturn one page of completed or failed items from an asynchronous batch, including retrieve IDs, URLs, metadata, and extracted links.
- List Crawl PagesReturn one page of URLs and retrieve IDs processed by an asynchronous crawl, with a continuation cursor for additional pages. Use Retrieve Content for page bodies.
- List Monitor EventsReturn one page of a monitor's snapshot events, including change summaries and short-lived snapshot links.
- List MonitorsList the account's page and web-query monitors, including their IDs, lifecycle status, schedules, tracked targets, and notification settings.
- Retrieve ContentRetrieve stored page content by retrieve ID in selected live-supported formats, including hosted URLs for oversized output.
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 9 actions.
- Answer QuestionSynchronously research a bounded task by searching and browsing the web, then return the completed answer and sources when available. This usage-metered operation usually takes 3-30 seconds and has no
- Create MonitorCreate a scheduled page or web-query monitor and return immediately after Olostep accepts it for asynchronous provisioning. Configure alert channels and a separate webhook in the same non-streaming re
- Map WebsiteSynchronously discover and optionally rank URLs on a website, returning one response page and a continuation cursor. This usage-metered operation consumes Olostep credits.
- Scrape PageSynchronously scrape one web page and return requested content, links, metadata, a retrieve ID, and billing usage. This usage-metered operation can consume credits even when cached content is returned
- Search WebSynchronously search the web for relevant deduplicated links. This usage-metered operation costs 5 base credits per search; supplying scrape_formats also charges for scraping each returned page. The r
- Set Monitor StatePause future scheduled runs of an active monitor or resume scheduled runs of a paused monitor. Returns the updated monitor.
- Start BatchStart an asynchronous, usage-metered scrape of 1 to 10,000 URLs and return the batch ID and initial status. This action does not wait for completion; use Get Operation Result to monitor the batch and
- Start CrawlStart an asynchronous, usage-metered website crawl and immediately return its crawl ID and initial status. This action does not poll: use Get Operation Result to monitor status and List Crawl Pages to
- Update MonitorUpdate a monitor's schedule, metadata, notification configuration, or webhook. Pass webhook as null to explicitly remove webhook delivery.
Changes wait in Needs you
Changes and sends in Olostep are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
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Olostep questions
Can an agent change data in Olostep on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in Olostep are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in Olostep?
This connector lists 7 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does Olostep connect?
It connects with API key. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.