> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.case.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Comprehensive multi-step research

> Performs deep research by conducting multi-step analysis, gathering information from multiple sources, and providing comprehensive insights. Ideal for legal research, case analysis, and due diligence investigations.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /search/v1/research
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Case.dev API
  description: >-
    The AI-native platform for legal technology. Build smarter legal
    applications with our suite of AI-powered APIs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Case.dev Support
    email: support@casemark.com
    url: https://case.dev
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://case.dev/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.case.dev
    description: Production
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Vaults
    description: Secure document storage with semantic search and GraphRAG
  - name: Memory
    description: >-
      Persistent memory for AI agents with semantic search and 12 generic
      indexed tag fields
  - name: OCR
    description: Extract text from PDFs, images, and scanned documents
  - name: Voice
    description: Audio transcription and text-to-speech
  - name: LLMs
    description: Access 40+ language models through a unified API
  - name: Search
    description: Web search, AI answers, and deep research
  - name: Mail
    description: Managed inboxes for agent email workflows
  - name: Media
    description: Transcript retrieval and captioned media clip generation
  - name: Legal
    description: Legal research tools including citation verification
  - name: Privilege
    description: Privilege detection for e-discovery and litigation workflows
  - name: Compute
    description: Serverless GPU and CPU infrastructure
  - name: Format
    description: Document formatting and template rendering (MD/JSON to PDF/DOCX)
  - name: SuperDoc
    description: Document conversion and template automation
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Webhook endpoint management
  - name: System
    description: Public system metadata and discovery endpoints
  - name: Usage
    description: Usage reporting and webhook subscriptions
  - name: Database
    description: Serverless PostgreSQL databases with instant branching
  - name: Translation
    description: Language detection and translation for multilingual legal workflows
  - name: Skills
    description: Search and read legal AI skills for agents
  - name: Agents
    description: >-
      Create, manage, and execute AI agents with tool access, sandbox
      environments, and async run workflows
  - name: Matters
    description: Matter-native legal workspaces and orchestration primitives
  - name: Applications Projects
    description: Web application project management
  - name: Applications Deployments
    description: Web application deployment management
  - name: Applications Domains
    description: Custom domain configuration for applications
  - name: Applications Env Vars
    description: Environment variable management for applications
paths:
  /search/v1/research:
    post:
      tags:
        - Search
      summary: Comprehensive multi-step research
      description: >-
        Performs deep research by conducting multi-step analysis, gathering
        information from multiple sources, and providing comprehensive insights.
        Ideal for legal research, case analysis, and due diligence
        investigations.
      operationId: conductResearch
      requestBody:
        description: Research configuration
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - instructions
              properties:
                instructions:
                  type: string
                  description: Research instructions or query
                query:
                  type: string
                  description: Alias for instructions (for convenience)
                model:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - fast
                    - normal
                    - pro
                  default: normal
                  description: >-
                    Research quality level - fast (quick), normal (balanced),
                    pro (comprehensive)
                outputSchema:
                  type: object
                  description: Optional JSON schema to structure the research output
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Research completed successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  researchId:
                    type: string
                    description: Unique identifier for this research
                  model:
                    type: string
                    description: Model used for research
                  results:
                    type: object
                    description: Research findings and analysis
              example:
                researchId: research_abc123
                model: normal
                results:
                  summary: Comprehensive analysis of contract law precedents...
                  sources:
                    - Supreme Court ruling in...
                    - Federal statute...
                  analysis: Key findings indicate...
        '400':
          description: Invalid request - missing instructions or invalid parameters
        '401':
          description: Invalid API key
        '403':
          description: API key does not have access to Search service
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: API key starting with `sk_case_`

````