Olostep
A search-only baseline with mid-pack retrieval, weak extraction, and no usable answer mode.
Search completes, but the answer layer is blocked.
- you only need a search endpoint that completes basic query calls reliably
- you can work with SERP-style snippets instead of full extracted page text
- you are benchmarking a search-layer baseline and can tolerate mid-pack retrieval quality
- you need a working answer API with verified citations
Our take
Olostep's `/search` endpoint completed all 52 calls with zero errors, but the benchmark does not support choosing it over stronger alternatives. It is weak on ambiguity and multi-source retrieval, usually returns SERP-style snippets rather than usable extracted text, omits published dates, and `/answers` returned HTTP 402 on every attempt, so there is no citation evidence to trust.
In-Depth Review
Our detailed analysis of Olostep — features, performance, and real-world testing.
Feature-by-Feature Breakdown
Web search retrieval▾
Feature tested: Web search retrieval
Result: Passed
Expected behavior: Olostep can take a plain-text query set and return ranked web results from its `/search` endpoint. In the benchmark, those results came back as SERP-style snippets with a median length of 161 characters and no published dates, so this card includes the retrieval output format and metadata behavior exercised on the same search calls.
Test case: Text/code file → Text/code file
Input type: Text/code file
Input used: Input artifact (Text/code file): Ground-truth query set used for the same-input benchmark. — QUERY-SET-ground-truth.csv
Observed output: Output artifact (Text/code file): Search run scored on the same-input benchmark: 52/52 successful calls with zero errors across both runs; retrieval scores were top-1 28%, top-3 38%, and top-10 55%. Per-block top-3 scores were current fact 60%, niche tech 42%, ambiguity 14%, multi-source 0%, content-depth 67%, and freshness 33%. — OLOSTEP-scored-run-export.csv
Input artifact: Input artifact (Text/code file): Ground-truth query set used for the same-input benchmark. — QUERY-SET-ground-truth.csv
Output artifact: Output artifact (Text/code file): Search run scored on the same-input benchmark: 52/52 successful calls with zero errors across both runs; retrieval scores were top-1 28%, top-3 38%, and top-10 55%. Per-block top-3 scores were current fact 60%, niche tech 42%, ambiguity 14%, multi-source 0%, content-depth 67%, and freshness 33%. — OLOSTEP-scored-run-export.csv
What changed: Text/code file transformed into Text/code file
Test case: Text/code file → Text/code file
Input type: Text/code file
Input used: Input artifact (Text/code file): Content-depth and freshness probe queries from the same benchmark. — QUERY-SET-ground-truth.csv
Observed output: Output artifact (Text/code file): Returned snippets were short and metadata-light: median 161 characters per result, 0% published dates, and extraction quality 1.33. The report notes that the right page was often ranked, but the answer-bearing figure was usually not included in the returned text. — OLOSTEP-per-query-output.md
Input artifact: Input artifact (Text/code file): Content-depth and freshness probe queries from the same benchmark. — QUERY-SET-ground-truth.csv
Output artifact: Output artifact (Text/code file): Returned snippets were short and metadata-light: median 161 characters per result, 0% published dates, and extraction quality 1.33. The report notes that the right page was often ranked, but the answer-bearing figure was usually not included in the returned text. — OLOSTEP-per-query-output.md
What changed: Text/code file transformed into Text/code file
Why it matters / Conclusion: Reliable enough to issue search calls, but ranking quality is only moderate and clearly weak on ambiguity and multi-source questions.
Olostep can take a plain-text query set and return ranked web results from its `/search` endpoint. In the benchmark, those results came back as SERP-style snippets with a median length of 161 characters and no published dates, so this card includes the retrieval output format and metadata behavior exercised on the same search calls.
Direct answer API▾
Feature tested: Direct answer API
Result: Passed
Expected behavior: Olostep exposes an `/answers` mode intended to return direct answers. In the benchmark smoke tests, every attempt returned HTTP 402, so no answer content, citation output, or abstention behavior could be evaluated.
Test case: Text prompt → Text prompt
Input type: Text prompt
Input used: Input artifact (Text prompt): INPUT
Observed output: Output artifact (Text prompt): Output
Input artifact: Input artifact (Text prompt): INPUT
Output artifact: Output artifact (Text prompt): Output
What changed: Text prompt transformed into Text prompt
Why it matters / Conclusion: Unusable in this test tier; the benchmark has no citation or answer-quality data for Olostep's answer mode.
Olostep exposes an `/answers` mode intended to return direct answers. In the benchmark smoke tests, every attempt returned HTTP 402, so no answer content, citation output, or abstention behavior could be evaluated.
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