{
  "url": "https://telipot.com/catalog/capabilities/web.answer",
  "id": "web.answer",
  "description": "A sourced answer to a question asked in plain words",
  "platform": "web",
  "providers": [
    {
      "slug": "exa",
      "name": "Exa"
    }
  ],
  "tasks": 1,
  "taskPages": [
    {
      "id": "exa.web.answer",
      "name": "Sourced answer to a question, with citations",
      "provider": {
        "slug": "exa",
        "name": "Exa"
      },
      "capability": "web.answer",
      "platform": "web",
      "kind": "data",
      "tier": "core",
      "identity": "key",
      "identityLabel": "Your plan",
      "price": {
        "type": "per_call",
        "confidence": "documented",
        "source": "docs",
        "sourceUrl": "https://exa.ai/docs/admin/pricing",
        "checked": "2026-10-05",
        "note": "The pricing page lists one rate for /answer and does not say whether model changes it.",
        "settles": "The charge Exa reports in costDollars.total",
        "state": "paid",
        "label": "$0.005 / request",
        "amount": "$0.005",
        "unit": "request",
        "usdPerUnit": {
          "floor": 0.005,
          "ceiling": 0.005
        },
        "native": {
          "text": "$5 per 1,000 requests",
          "figure": "$5",
          "per": "1,000 requests",
          "currency": "USDs"
        },
        "detail": "Exa docs · 2026-10-05"
      },
      "providers": 1,
      "retention": "standard",
      "runsOn": "byoc",
      "live": true,
      "summary": "Performs a search based on the query and generates either a direct answer or a detailed summary with citations, depending on the query type.",
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/answer",
      "host": "https://api.exa.ai",
      "docsUrl": "https://exa.ai/docs/reference/answer",
      "auth": {
        "scheme": "api_key",
        "label": "api_key · in header as x-api-key",
        "short": "api_key · x-api-key"
      },
      "scope": "any_account",
      "principal": "organization",
      "requiredScopes": [],
      "verification": {
        "state": "verified",
        "label": "Verified on 2026-10-05",
        "detail": "We ran a real request and checked the answer. This is a spot check, not a success rate."
      },
      "input": [
        {
          "name": "query",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "string",
          "required": true,
          "constraints": [
            "at least 1"
          ],
          "note": "Natural-language question or instructions for the request."
        },
        {
          "name": "text",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "boolean",
          "required": false,
          "constraints": [
            "default false"
          ],
          "note": "If true, returns full page text with default settings. If false, disables text return. Each citation has a text field."
        },
        {
          "name": "model",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "string",
          "required": false,
          "constraints": [
            "one of \"exa\", \"exa-pro\", \"exa-research\", \"exa-fast\"",
            "default \"exa\""
          ],
          "note": "The model used to generate the answer."
        },
        {
          "name": "systemPrompt",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "string",
          "required": false,
          "constraints": [],
          "note": "Additional instructions that guide generated output, such as source preferences, novelty constraints or duplication constraints."
        },
        {
          "name": "outputSchema",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "object",
          "required": false,
          "constraints": [],
          "note": "A JSON Schema Draft 7 specification for the desired answer structure. When given, the answer is returned as a structured object matching the schema instead of a plain string."
        },
        {
          "name": "userLocation",
          "location": "body",
          "type": "string",
          "required": false,
          "constraints": [],
          "note": "The two-letter ISO country code of the user."
        }
      ],
      "sampleInput": {
        "query": "What is the capital of France?"
      },
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "query": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Natural-language question or instructions for the request.",
            "examples": [
              "What is the capital of France?"
            ],
            "minLength": 1
          },
          "text": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "If true, returns full page text with default settings. If false, disables text return. Each citation has a text field.",
            "default": false
          },
          "model": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The model used to generate the answer.",
            "enum": [
              "exa",
              "exa-pro",
              "exa-research",
              "exa-fast"
            ],
            "default": "exa"
          },
          "systemPrompt": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Additional instructions that guide generated output, such as source preferences, novelty constraints or duplication constraints."
          },
          "outputSchema": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "A JSON Schema Draft 7 specification for the desired answer structure. When given, the answer is returned as a structured object matching the schema instead of a plain string."
          },
          "userLocation": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The two-letter ISO country code of the user.",
            "examples": [
              "US"
            ]
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "query"
        ],
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "output": [
        {
          "name": "requestId",
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "name": "answer",
          "type": "string | object",
          "description": "A string by default, or an object matching outputSchema when one was given"
        },
        {
          "name": "citations",
          "type": "object[]",
          "description": "Search results used to generate the answer"
        },
        {
          "name": "costDollars",
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Estimated dollar cost of the completed request; billing is computed from usage counters, not from this object."
        }
      ],
      "outputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "answer"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "requestId": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "answer": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "object"
            ],
            "description": "A string by default, or an object matching outputSchema when one was given"
          },
          "citations": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Search results used to generate the answer",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": [
                "title",
                "url"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "title": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "id": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "publishedDate": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "author": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ]
                },
                "image": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "favicon": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "text": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "costDollars": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Estimated dollar cost of the completed request; billing is computed from usage counters, not from this object.",
            "properties": {
              "total": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "search": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "neural": {
                    "type": "number"
                  },
                  "keyword": {
                    "type": "number"
                  }
                }
              },
              "summary": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "contents": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "text": {
                    "type": "number"
                  },
                  "highlights": {
                    "type": "number"
                  },
                  "summary": {
                    "type": "number"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "example": {
        "file": "examples/exa.web.answer.json",
        "json": {
          "requestId": "c178943a8165d7ce25595eca437939ce",
          "answer": "Paris is the capital of France [1].",
          "citations": [
            {
              "id": "https://www.britannica.com/place/Paris",
              "title": "Paris | Definition, Map, Population, Facts, & History | Britannica",
              "url": "https://www.britannica.com/place/Paris",
              "publishedDate": "1998-07-20T00:00:00.000Z",
              "image": "https://cdn.britannica.com/36/135436-050-ED1D0FCE/skyline-Eiffel-Tower-France-Paris.jpg"
            },
            {
              "id": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris",
              "title": "",
              "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris",
              "author": "user"
            }
          ],
          "costDollars": {
            "total": 0.005
          }
        }
      },
      "commands": {
        "mode": "run",
        "cli": "telipot run exa.web.answer \\\n  --input-json '{\"query\":\"What is the capital of France?\"}'",
        "http": "curl https://api.telipot.com/v1/tasks/exa.web.answer/run \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TELIPOT_TOKEN\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"What is the capital of France?\"}'",
        "quote": "telipot run exa.web.answer \\\n  --input-json '{\"query\":\"What is the capital of France?\"}' \\\n  --quote"
      },
      "siblings": []
    }
  ]
}