> ## 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.

# Generate AI-powered answers from web search

> Generate comprehensive answers to questions using web search results. Supports two modes: native provider answers or custom LLM-powered answers using Case.dev's AI gateway. Perfect for legal research, fact-checking, and gathering supporting evidence for cases.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /search/v1/answer
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/answer:
    post:
      tags:
        - Search
      summary: Generate AI-powered answers from web search
      description: >-
        Generate comprehensive answers to questions using web search results.
        Supports two modes: native provider answers or custom LLM-powered
        answers using Case.dev's AI gateway. Perfect for legal research,
        fact-checking, and gathering supporting evidence for cases.
      operationId: generateAnswer
      requestBody:
        description: Answer generation configuration
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - query
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                  description: The question or topic to research and answer
                useCustomLLM:
                  type: boolean
                  description: >-
                    Use Case.dev LLM for answer generation instead of provider's
                    native answer
                  default: false
                model:
                  type: string
                  description: LLM model to use when useCustomLLM is true
                  default: gpt-4o
                searchType:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - auto
                    - web
                    - news
                    - academic
                  description: Type of search to perform
                  default: auto
                numResults:
                  type: integer
                  description: Number of search results to consider
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 50
                  default: 10
                includeDomains:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Only search within these domains
                excludeDomains:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  description: Exclude these domains from search
                temperature:
                  type: number
                  description: LLM temperature for answer generation
                  minimum: 0
                  maximum: 2
                  default: 0.3
                maxTokens:
                  type: integer
                  description: Maximum tokens for LLM response
                  default: 2048
                text:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Include text content in response
                  default: true
                stream:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Stream the response (only for native provider answers)
                  default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Answer generated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  answer:
                    type: string
                    description: The generated answer with citations
                  citations:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: string
                        url:
                          type: string
                        title:
                          type: string
                        publishedDate:
                          type: string
                        text:
                          type: string
                    description: Sources used to generate the answer
                  model:
                    type: string
                    description: Model used for answer generation
                  searchType:
                    type: string
                    description: Type of search performed
        '400':
          description: Invalid request - missing query or validation error
        '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_`

````