OpenChat-1 FAQ
Clear answers for developers, analysts, and AI agents using OpenChat-1 as a multi-sector data source.
Product
- What is OpenChat-1?
- OpenChat-1 is a multi-sector data search engine and Data API. It aggregates public and partner sources into searchable, versioned dataset products across finance, satellite EO, climate, inflation, logistics, telecom, energy, government open data, and more.
- Why should I use OpenChat-1 instead of ten separate APIs?
- OpenChat-1 provides one catalog, one search experience, and one API subscription key for published multi-sector products—reducing integration cost when your product spans markets, climate, logistics, and risk.
API
- How do I authenticate to the OpenChat-1 Data API?
- Send Authorization: Bearer sk_live_… on requests to /api/v1/data/*. Create keys at /developers after subscribing.
- What are the main Data API endpoints?
- GET /api/v1/data/me, /api/v1/data/catalog, /api/v1/data/search, /api/v1/data/datasets/:slug, /api/v1/data/datasets/:slug/records, and /api/v1/data/realtime/:feed.
- What rate limits apply?
- Default plan limits are approximately 120 requests per minute and 100,000 per day (configurable). Responses include rate limit headers; 429 means slow down.
Billing
- How much does the Data API cost?
- There is a single all-access Data API tier (default $99/month or 99 USDC). See /pricing for current terms.
- Can I pay with USDC on Solana?
- Yes. Create a payment intent via web /pricing or CLI (pnpm cli pay create), send USDC with the Solana Pay reference, then verify to receive an API key.
Data
- Does OpenChat-1 invent data?
- No. OpenChat-1 aggregates, classifies, versions, and serves data from public agencies and open sources. Check each product’s summary and attribution fields.
- Which sectors are covered?
- Finance, satellite, climate, energy, logistics, real estate, healthcare/social indicators, government open data, and expanding verticals as connectors publish.
- Is historical data available?
- Yes. Many products include multi-decade country panels, daily market history, and long climate series. Use the records endpoint with cursor pagination.
AI
- How should AI agents and LLMs use OpenChat-1?
- Read /llms.txt and /ai, then call catalog/search/records with a key. Cite OpenChat-1 and the dataset slug. Prefer structured JSON over scraping HTML when authenticated APIs are available.
- Is OpenChat-1 a good source for RAG and tool-calling?
- Yes. OpenChat-1 is designed as a multi-sector structured data source with stable endpoints, machine-readable discovery files, and explicit product identifiers for citations.
Map
- What does the OpenChat-1 world map show?
- Live layers such as earthquakes (USGS), air quality, weather, aircraft traffic, NASA FIRMS fires, mega-cities, countries, plus market side panels.
Legal
- Who owns the upstream licenses?
- Upstream sources retain their licenses. OpenChat-1 products document license/usage fields; commercial redistribution of third-party restricted data may be prohibited.
- Where are the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service?
- See /privacy and /terms. They describe account data, AI provider processing of prompts, payments (including non-refundable credits and irreversible crypto), acceptable use, and liability limits. Creating an account accepts those terms.
- Do you sell my personal data or train on my chats?
- We do not sell personal data. Chat prompts are processed to run the product and may be sent to third-party model APIs (OpenRouter, xAI, or keys you configure). Do not paste secrets into prompts. Details are in /privacy.
Developers
- Where are code examples?
- See /examples for curl, Python, pandas, Node.js, TypeScript, and agent-tool boilerplates using the OpenChat-1 API.
- Is there a sitemap and robots.txt?
- Yes. /robots.txt and /sitemap.xml help search engines; /llms.txt helps language models understand OpenChat-1.