---
title: "The AI will perform actions like searching and browsing web pages to find the answer to the provided task. Execution time is 3-30s depending upon complexity. For longer tasks, use the agent endpoint instead."
method: POST
path: "/olostep/v1/answers"
tags: ["Olostep"]
---

# The AI will perform actions like searching and browsing web pages to find the answer to the provided task. Execution time is 3-30s depending upon complexity. For longer tasks, use the agent endpoint instead.

`POST /olostep/v1/answers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp`
- URL: `https://api.orthogonal.com/mpp/olostep/v1/answers`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/docs/olostep/v1/answers/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- object
  - `task` string, required: The task to be performed.
  - `json_format` object: The desired output JSON object with empty values as a schema, or simply describe the data you want as a string.

## Response `200`

Successful response

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment Required (x402 / MPP / np)

## Changes

- **2026-11-08** `857e915717f4`: 1 breaking
  - added required request body
- **2026-08-25** `806e279c8d50`: 2 info
  - api tag `Olostep` added
  - api tag `Olostep API` removed

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/orthogonal/apis/orthogonal-api-marketplace/changes/olostep/v1/answers/post.md)

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