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o4-mini (Reasoning)

OpenAI's compact reasoning model. Currently non-functional for shopping — 92.9% tool error rate with almost every tool call failing. Appears to struggle with MCP tool schemas entirely. Not recommended until OpenAI addresses the tool-use reliability issues.

Avg tokens per run
69,472
Avg duration
39.0s
Turns to checkout
11.5
Checkout8.9Cart29.3Search78.9Turn efficiency6Token efficiency17
Shopping score
21/100Weak

Scores come from runs on UCP stores, not estimates: every figure is a tool call, a checkout attempt or a store’s answer.

Shopping score breakdown

  • Checkout rate40%8.9%
  • Cart rate20%29.3%
  • Search rate10%78.9%
  • Turn efficiency15%6%
  • Token efficiency15%17%

21.1% of runs failed with errors.

Top stores

Development stores are hidden.

Store Checkout Cart
store hidden66.7% 66.7%
everlane.com60% 60%
store hidden33.3% 33.3%
saltwarp.shop0% 0%
store hidden0% 0%
store hidden0% 0%
craze.wtf0% 0%
goswingofficial.com0% 50%
store hidden0% 0%
teveo.com0% 50%

Known issues

  • HighNon-Functional

    92.9% tool error rate — almost every tool call fails.

  • HighSchema Incompatibility

    Cannot correctly format MCP tool arguments. Not usable for shopping agent tasks.

Token usage

Avg per run
69,472
Average of all models
78,176
Against the average
−11%
Median (p50)
29,827
p90
148,773

Prompt and completion

Prompt 66,797 (96%)Completion 2,675 (4%)

Daily average tokens per run, last 30 days

Oct 16Total 10,976Prompt 10,511Completion 465

Range

Min
0
p25
15,535
p50
29,827
p75
77,163
p90
148,773
Max
721,744

Test o4-mini (Reasoning) on your store

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