• agent harness — The scaffolding around a model that turns it into a working agent — the loop, the tools it can call, and the rules for when to stop.
• AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
• token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.

Choosing a search API for an agent has been guesswork. This holds model and harness fixed so quality, blended cost and added latency are comparable — including how much a weaker provider costs you in extra model tokens.

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