> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.olostep.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Olostep + ChatGPT

> Give ChatGPT live web access — scrape, search, crawl, and get cited answers — billed to your own Olostep account.

The Olostep app for ChatGPT lets ChatGPT read the live web. Once connected, ChatGPT can scrape any page, run web search, crawl entire sites, and return AI answers with citations — using Olostep's tools. You sign in with your own Olostep account, so every request is billed to your own credits.

[Open the Olostep app in ChatGPT →](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a08dfd9b4948191b31c7f26bcfb256d?q=olostep)

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Scrape & extract" icon="file-lines">
    Turn any URL into clean markdown, HTML, JSON, or text
  </Card>

  <Card title="Search & answers" icon="sparkles">
    Live web search and AI answers with citations
  </Card>

  <Card title="Batch & crawl" icon="layer-group">
    Scrape thousands of URLs, or crawl a whole site
  </Card>

  <Card title="Map & discover" icon="map">
    List every URL on a site before you scrape
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Before you start

* **An Olostep account:** [sign up free](https://olostep.com/dashboard) — your first credits are included. Usage inside ChatGPT is billed to this account.
* **A ChatGPT account** on a plan that supports apps.

<Note>
  You connect ChatGPT to Olostep with **Sign in with Olostep** — there's no API key to copy or paste. Every request runs on your own Olostep credits.
</Note>

## Connect the app

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Olostep app">
    In ChatGPT, search for **Olostep** in the apps directory, or open it directly at [chatgpt.com → Olostep](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6a08dfd9b4948191b31c7f26bcfb256d?q=olostep).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in with Olostep">
    Click **Connect**, then **Sign in with Olostep**. You'll be taken to Olostep's login to authorize ChatGPT. This links ChatGPT to your Olostep account and credits.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use it in chat">
    Ask ChatGPT to do anything on the web and it picks the right Olostep tool automatically. Type **@Olostep** to call it explicitly.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you can ask

<CodeGroup>
  ```text Scrape a page theme={null}
  @Olostep scrape https://news.ycombinator.com and list the top 10 story titles with links
  ```

  ```text Search + cited answer theme={null}
  @Olostep what are the best open-source vector databases in 2025? Give a cited comparison of the top 5
  ```

  ```text Crawl a site theme={null}
  @Olostep crawl https://docs.stripe.com and summarize how to create a payment intent
  ```

  ```text Batch scrape theme={null}
  @Olostep scrape these URLs and return each page's title: example.com, olostep.com, news.ycombinator.com
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Tools available

Once connected, ChatGPT can use all of Olostep's web tools:

| Tool                  | What it does                             |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| **Search the web**    | Live web search with structured results  |
| **AI answers**        | Web-grounded answers with citations      |
| **Scrape a page**     | One URL to markdown, HTML, JSON, or text |
| **Get page content**  | Fetch a page's content as markdown       |
| **Map a site**        | List every URL on a website              |
| **Get website URLs**  | Find pages within a specific site        |
| **Batch scrape**      | Scrape a list of URLs in parallel        |
| **Get batch results** | Retrieve a completed batch               |
| **Crawl a site**      | Follow links across a whole domain       |
| **Get crawl results** | Retrieve a completed crawl               |

## Billing

Usage runs on your own Olostep account and credits — the same plan you use everywhere else. See [Olostep pricing](https://olostep.com/pricing) for details.

## Troubleshooting

* **A tool asks you to connect again:** your Olostep session expired. Reconnect from the app and sign in with Olostep.
* **A request says you're out of credits:** top up in the [Olostep dashboard](https://olostep.com/dashboard) — ChatGPT usage draws from the same balance.