OpenAI: GPT OSS Safeguard 20B

gpt-oss-safeguard-20b

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B costs $0.0975 per million input tokens and $0.390 per million output tokens, supports 131K context, and is available through the OpenAI-compatible API.

Gpt-oss-safeguard is a first open weight reasoning model specifically trained for safety classification tasks to help classify text content based on customizable policies. As a fine-tuned version of gpt-oss, gpt-oss-safeguard is designed to follow explicit written policies that you provide. This enables bring-your-own-policy Trust & Safety AI, where your own taxonomy, definitions, and thresholds guide classification decisions. Well crafted policies unlock gpt-oss-safeguard's reasoning capabilities, enabling it to handle nuanced content, explain borderline decisions, and adapt to contextual factors.

Modalities

Text → Text

Input / output price

$0.0975 / $0.390 per 1M

Context

131K · max output 66K

Capabilities

ReasoningTool callingOpen weights

Pricing

Billed per token actually used and deducted from your credits.

ItemUSD per 1M tokens
Input$0.0975
Output$0.390
Cached input$0.0244

Calculator

Drag the sliders to estimate what this model will cost.

Per request
$0.00060
Per day
$0.3023
Per month (30 days)
$9.07

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B: input $0.0975/M · output $0.39/M · cached input $0.0244/M

Request with these settings
curl https://api.geniusrelaygpt.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "gpt-oss-safeguard-20b", "max_tokens": 800,
       "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "…"}]}'

Code samples

OpenAI-compatible. Set the base URL to https://api.geniusrelaygpt.com/v1 and the model to gpt-oss-safeguard-20b.

curl https://api.geniusrelaygpt.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "gpt-oss-safeguard-20b",
    "stream": true,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
  }'

Use it in a client: Cursor · Cline · SillyTavern · Codex

Parameters

Common OpenAI parameters can be passed as-is.

temperaturetop_pmax_tokensstreamstoppresence_penaltyfrequency_penaltyseed

FAQ

How is GPT OSS Safeguard 20B billed?
Input is $0.0975 and output is $0.390 per million tokens; cached input is $0.0244. The charge for every request is listed in Usage Logs in the console.
How long is the context window?
131K tokens. In a long conversation every turn is billed for the full input, so keep the history under control.
Does it support streaming?
Yes. Add "stream": true to the request to receive server-sent events in the OpenAI format.
GPT OSS Safeguard 20B API pricing · GeniusRelay