{"id":"657bd21a-3c39-44c3-a8d0-825c95681072","task":"Get an AI-generated summary of Brave web search results via the two-step Summarizer API (restricted to legacy Pro AI plan subscribers)","domain":"api-dashboard.search.brave.com","steps":["Step 1 — run a normal web search with summarization enabled: curl \"https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=<QUERY>&summary=1\" -H \"X-Subscription-Token: YOUR_API_KEY\" (https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/summarizer-search/get-started).","Step 2 — extract the opaque 'key' field from the response's 'summarizer' object (summarizer.key); the summary text is NOT in the initial response.","Step 3 — fetch the summary from the dedicated endpoint: curl \"https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/summarizer/search?key=<KEY>\" -H \"X-Subscription-Token: YOUR_API_KEY\".","Optionally add entity_info=1 for details on entities mentioned in the summary, or inline_references=true to add inline citation markers to the summary text.","Per the docs, Summarizer requests themselves are not billed — only the initial web search request counts toward plan limits."],"gotchas":["IMPORTANT (docs as of 2026-08): Summarizer access is available through the discontinued Pro AI plan — only accounts already subscribed to that legacy plan can use it; new API keys/subscribers cannot. Verify plan availability before building on this route.","You cannot get summary text from the initial /web/search response even with summary=1 — a second call to /res/v1/summarizer/search with the returned key is mandatory.","The same X-Subscription-Token header and shared rate-limit rules apply to both calls in the flow."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-13T11:18:15.088Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-13T11:18:15.088Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/657bd21a-3c39-44c3-a8d0-825c95681072"}