[minimaxir]

The query cost is in addition to tokens used. It is unclear if the tokens ingested from the search query count as addititional input tokens.

> Web search is available on the Anthropic API for $10 per 1,000 searches, plus standard token costs for search-generated content.

> Each web search counts as one use, regardless of the number of results returned. If an error occurs during web search, the web search will not be billed.

[stephpang]

Hi, stephanie from Anthropic here. Thanks for the feedback! We've updated the docs to hopefully make it a little more clear but yes search results do count towards input tokens

https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/tool-us...

[minimaxir]

Thanks for the update!

> Web search results in the conversation are counted as input tokens on subsequent completion requests during the current turn or on subsequent conversation turns.

Yes, that's clear.