Search Mode V4
A reality-anchored prompt framework for GPT and Gemini that switches between an offline mode and an online, search-verified mode based on a fixed date threshold, with a shared output structure across both platforms.
Search Mode V4 is a prompt framework for GPT and Gemini that decides between an offline mode, which stays within the model's internal knowledge, and an online mode, which forces external search for freshness-sensitive questions, based on a fixed date threshold rather than the model's own guess at the current date. It synchronizes against a server time value rather than assuming the date from intuition.
Both platform versions share the same core behavior and fixed output headers, such as labeled online, offline and search-strategy sections, differing only in which underlying tool name each platform uses for search and verification. It also renders a localized timestamp in the reader's own timezone and marks source quality with an exact source-link requirement. It is MIT licensed.