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exa-search Web search, code search, company research, and deep research via Exa AI. Use for real-time web queries, finding code examples, researching companies, finding people, or starting deep research tasks. Triggers on web search needs, code lookups, company/people research.

Exa Search

Exa AI search via their hosted MCP server. Provides web search, code context, company research, people search, and deep research capabilities.

Quick Start

# Web search
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs search "latest AI agent frameworks 2026"

# Code search
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs code "Python async retry with exponential backoff"

# Company research
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs company "Anthropic AI"

# People search
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs people "CTO machine learning startups Stockholm"

# Crawl specific URL
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs crawl "https://example.com/article"

# Deep research (async)
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs research "State of quantum computing 2026"
~/clawd/skills/exa-search/scripts/exa-cli.mjs research-check <task-id>

Available Tools

Tool Use Case
search General web search, news, current events
search-advanced Filtered search (domains, dates, content type)
code Code examples, docs, GitHub, StackOverflow
crawl Full content from specific URL
company Company info, news, competitors
people LinkedIn profiles, professional bios
research Start deep AI research task
research-check Check research task status

API Key (Optional)

Free tier has rate limits. Add your key for higher limits:

export EXA_API_KEY="your-key-here"

Get key: https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys

Advanced Search Options

# Filter by domain
exa-cli.mjs search-advanced "AI news" --domains techcrunch.com,wired.com

# Date range
exa-cli.mjs search-advanced "OpenAI announcements" --after 2026-01-01

# More results
exa-cli.mjs search "topic" --num 20

Tool Details

See references/tools.md for full parameter documentation.

Tips

  • Code search: Include language name ("Python", "Go", "TypeScript") for better results
  • Company research: Start with company name, then drill into specifics
  • Deep research: Returns task ID; poll with research-check until complete
  • Rate limits: Free tier ~1 req/sec; add API key for more