brave

local-descriptions

brave2/13/2026

USE FOR getting AI-generated POI text descriptions. Requires POI IDs obtained from web-search (with result_filter=locations). Returns markdown descriptions grounded in web search context. Max 20 IDs p...

llm-context

brave2/13/2026

USE FOR RAG/LLM grounding. Returns pre-extracted web content (text, tables, code) optimized for LLMs. GET + POST. Adjust max_tokens/count based on complexity. Supports Goggles, local/POI. For AI answe...

spellcheck

brave2/13/2026

USE FOR spell correction. Returns corrected query if misspelled. Most search endpoints have spellcheck built-in; use this only for pre-search query cleanup or "Did you mean?" UI.

suggest

brave2/13/2026

USE FOR query autocomplete/suggestions. Fast (<100ms). Returns suggested queries as user types. Supports rich suggestions with entity info. Typo-resilient.

web-search

brave2/13/2026

USE FOR web search. Returns ranked results with snippets, URLs, thumbnails. Supports freshness filters, SafeSearch, Goggles for custom ranking, pagination. Primary search endpoint.