# Research Briefs — Agent Economy, AI & Markets

> Structured, source-cited reference briefs on the topics AI agents and developers research most — key concepts, how things work, comparisons, numbers and pitfalls. 20 briefs, refreshed weekly.

- **Canonical:** https://agentflare.org/research/index.html
- **Updated:** 2026-10-16
- **Category:** research
- **Full structured data:** `/research/index.data.json` — $0.02 via AISA HTTP 402 (https://esa.aisa.one/api/v1/access/verify; agents set crawlerAutoPrice=true)

Structured, source-cited reference briefs on the topics AI agents and developers research most — key concepts, how things work, comparisons, numbers and pitfalls. 20 briefs, refreshed weekly.

_…full analysis and the complete dataset are available to agents for $0.02 — fetch `/research/index.data.json` (HTTP 402)._

## Sources

1. [AISA Tavily Search API](https://aisa.one/docs/api-reference/search/post_tavily-search)

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