diff --git a/backend/danswer/main.py b/backend/danswer/main.py
index 342d589d4..fa904f257 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/main.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/main.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ from danswer.server.features.document_set.api import router as document_set_rout
 from danswer.server.features.persona.api import admin_router as admin_persona_router
 from danswer.server.features.persona.api import basic_router as persona_router
 from danswer.server.features.prompt.api import basic_router as prompt_router
+from danswer.server.gpts.api import router as gpts_router
 from danswer.server.manage.administrative import router as admin_router
 from danswer.server.manage.get_state import router as state_router
 from danswer.server.manage.slack_bot import router as slack_bot_management_router
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ def get_application() -> FastAPI:
     include_router_with_global_prefix_prepended(application, prompt_router)
     include_router_with_global_prefix_prepended(application, state_router)
     include_router_with_global_prefix_prepended(application, danswer_api_router)
+    include_router_with_global_prefix_prepended(application, gpts_router)
+
 
     if AUTH_TYPE == AuthType.DISABLED:
         # Server logs this during auth setup verification step
diff --git a/backend/danswer/server/gpts/api.py b/backend/danswer/server/gpts/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67b637bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/danswer/server/gpts/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import math
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+from fastapi import Depends
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from danswer.db.engine import get_session
+from danswer.document_index.factory import get_default_document_index
+from danswer.search.access_filters import build_access_filters_for_user
+from danswer.search.models import IndexFilters
+from danswer.search.models import SearchQuery
+from danswer.search.search_runner import full_chunk_search
+from danswer.server.danswer_api.ingestion import api_key_dep
+from danswer.utils.logger import setup_logger
+
+
+logger = setup_logger()
+
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/gpts")
+
+
+def time_ago(dt: datetime) -> str:
+    # Calculate time difference
+    now = datetime.now()
+    diff = now - dt
+
+    # Convert difference to minutes
+    minutes = diff.total_seconds() / 60
+
+    # Determine the appropriate unit and calculate the age
+    if minutes < 60:
+        return f"~{math.floor(minutes)} minutes"
+    hours = minutes / 60
+    if hours < 24:
+        return f"~{math.floor(hours)} hours"
+    days = hours / 24
+    if days < 7:
+        return f"~{math.floor(days)} days"
+    weeks = days / 7
+    if weeks < 4:
+        return f"~{math.floor(weeks)} weeks"
+    months = days / 30
+    return f"~{math.floor(months)} months"
+
+
+class GptSearchRequest(BaseModel):
+    query: str
+
+
+class GptDocChunk(BaseModel):
+    title: str
+    content: str
+    source_type: str
+    link: str
+    metadata: dict[str, str | list[str]]
+    document_age: str
+
+
+class GptSearchResponse(BaseModel):
+    matching_document_chunks: list[GptDocChunk]
+
+
+@router.post("/gpt-document-search")
+def gpt_search(
+    search_request: GptSearchRequest,
+    _: str | None = Depends(api_key_dep),
+    db_session: Session = Depends(get_session),
+) -> GptSearchResponse:
+    query = search_request.query
+
+    user_acl_filters = build_access_filters_for_user(None, db_session)
+    final_filters = IndexFilters(
+        access_control_list=user_acl_filters,
+    )
+
+    search_query = SearchQuery(
+        query=query,
+        filters=final_filters,
+        recency_bias_multiplier=1.0,
+        skip_llm_chunk_filter=True,
+    )
+
+    top_chunks, __ = full_chunk_search(
+        query=search_query,
+        document_index=get_default_document_index(),
+    )
+
+    return GptSearchResponse(
+        matching_document_chunks=[
+            GptDocChunk(
+                title=chunk.semantic_identifier,
+                content=chunk.content,
+                source_type=chunk.source_type,
+                link=chunk.source_links.get(0, "") if chunk.source_links else "",
+                metadata=chunk.metadata,
+                document_age=time_ago(chunk.updated_at)
+                if chunk.updated_at
+                else "Unknown",
+            )
+            for chunk in top_chunks
+        ],
+    )