Using GPT OSS Safeguard 20B on Vercel AI Gateway

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Vercel AI Gateway exposes GPT OSS Safeguard 20B through model ID openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Vercel AI Gateway and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.07/1M input, $0.30/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY
Model ID
openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b

creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-oss-safeguard-20b",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.07
Output tokens$0.30

Capabilities

JSON / Tool useStructured Outputs

About GPT OSS Safeguard 20B

GPT OSS Safeguard 20B is OpenAI's GPT-OSS model focused on content moderation and safety classification. It offers a 128K-token context window with weights openly available for self-hosting.

Model Specs

Released2025-08-05
Parameters20B
Context131k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2025-08

Provider

Vercel AI Gateway

Vercel