# Source: https://developers.openai.com/resources/guide/file-search-guide.md

# File search guide

> Guide to retrieving context from files using the Responses API.

- Type: Guide
- Tags: tools, search
- URL: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/tools-file-search
- Created: 2025-07-22
- Updated: 2025-08-13

## Summary
Describes indexing and querying files for grounded responses. — file search, retrieval

## Details
Provides instructions for enabling file search within your agents.