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Free AI research tool

AI Research Assistant

Ask a research question and get a cited, structured answer from the live web — optional domain focus and output schema.

AI Research

Run tool synchronously.

Input
Output
Run the tool to see output here.
  • Web search
  • Optional schema
  • Source-backed answers

Developer experience

Automate web research with AI.

Use the Answers endpoint to research any topic — the API searches the web, reasons over sources, and returns structured findings.

REST APIAI reasoningWeb searchSource citationsStructured JSONCustom schema
Read the docs
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.olostep.com/v1/answers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "task": "What are the top trends in AI infrastructure for 2025? Include market size estimates and key companies."
}'

Research that returns JSON, not a chat transcript

AI Research wraps the Olostep Answers API: it searches the web, reasons over sources, and returns structured findings you can reuse.

  • Any research query

    Ask about a company, market, person, or technical topic.

  • Optional schema

    Pass a JSON schema so the response matches the fields your workflow needs.

  • Domain focus

    Optionally pin the research to a site or company domain.

How it works

Each tool is designed around a direct job: provide the input, get a useful output, and move it into your workflow.

  • 1

    Write the question

    Add an optional domain and output schema.

  • 2

    Olostep searches and reasons

    The Answers API gathers sources and returns structured JSON.

  • 3

    Use the result

    Copy JSON into a brief, notebook, or pipeline.

Built for practical workflows

These tools are small on purpose: they solve the conversion job quickly, then point teams toward the API path when the workflow becomes recurring or high volume.

  • Market questions

    Size a category or list the main vendors from live sources.

  • Due diligence

    Pull a first-pass brief on a company or executive.

  • Content research

    Collect cited facts before you write a page or report.

Need this at scale?

Call POST /v1/answers with your task and optional json schema. Same pattern as the snippet below this playground.

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Frequently asked questions

Product & Capabilities

  • It is an Olostep Answers call that searches the live web and can return a schema you define.

  • No. Structured output is optional. A free-form task still returns JSON.

  • Yes. Pass a domain to focus the research.

Usage & Automation

  • POST /v1/answers.

  • How many times the tool retries a failed Answers call before giving up.

  • Yes. Use the same Answers payload from your backend.

Pricing & Plans

  • The page UI is free to use. Live runs use the Olostep API configured for this site and may be rate limited.

  • Olostep is usage based. See pricing for current plan details and included credits.

  • New Olostep accounts include free credits so you can test extraction before scaling.

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