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answers

AI-grounded answers via OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Developer Setup

Setup & Installation

bash

npx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill answers

npx skills add https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills --skill answers

Or paste this URL into your assistant to install:

https://github.com/brave/brave-search-skills/tree/main/skills/answers View on GitHub

Overview

What This Skill Does

Generates AI-synthesized responses with source citations, supporting single-search and deep multi-search research modes.

Application

When to use this Skill

When you need a synthesized, direct response to a query backed by real-time search data.
When you want to show inline citations linking back to the source URLs of the search results.
When you require deep research that performs multi-iteration searches to compile an answer.
When you want an OpenAI-compatible /chat/completions API endpoint for drop-in search grounding.
When you want to stream research progress events (thinking, queries, blindspots) to the user.

Documentation

Show Skills.md file

Answers — AI Grounding

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Answers plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

When to Use

Use Case	Skill	Why
Quick factual answer (raw context)	`llm-context`	Single search, returns raw context for YOUR LLM
Fast AI answer with citations	`answers` (single-search)	streaming, citations
Thorough multi-search deep research	`answers` (research mode)	Iterative deep research, synthesized cited answer

This endpoint (/res/v1/chat/completions) supports two modes:

Single-search (default): Fast AI-grounded answer from a single search. Supports enable_citations.
Research (enable_research=true): Multi-iteration deep research with progress events and synthesized cited answer.

Quick Start (cURL)

Blocking (Single-Search)

curl -X POST "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -d '{
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "How does the James Webb Space Telescope work?"}],
    "model": "brave",
    "stream": false
  }'

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