Answers

This is Brave's AI-grounded search answer endpoint wrapped as an OpenAI-compatible chat completion. You get two modes: single-search for fast answers with optional inline citations, or research mode that does iterative multi-search with progress events and synthesized responses. The research mode is genuinely thorough but requires streaming and can take up to 300 seconds. Use single-search when you need quick factual answers with sources, research mode when you're doing deep comparative analysis or need to cover multiple angles. The citations come as XML tags in the stream, and it works with the OpenAI SDK if you point base_url at Brave's endpoint. Requires a Brave Search API key and the Answers plan subscription.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill answers --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

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.