Brave Answers: AI-synthesized, web-grounded answer with source citations. One blocking call, 10-30s. Billed on the separate Brave Answers plan ($0.05 per call, measured). Use for a direct cited answer without doing your own synthesis. For deep multi-iteration research use research_submit instead.

Submit a Brave Answers RESEARCH job: multi-iteration web research (~90-300s). Cost ≈ $0.07 × queries actually run (narrow ≈ $0.07, broad ≈ $0.77, full 20-query runs can exceed $1) — only use when the user explicitly requests deep research. Returns a research_id immediately; the job runs in the background. Poll with research_status and fetch the deliverable with research_result once completed.

Check the status of a submitted Brave Answers research job (research_id from research_submit). Returns running/completed/failed, elapsed time, and latest progress.

Fetch the result of a completed Brave Answers research job (research_id). If the job is still running, this returns how long it has been running — call again later.