Exa

Connect to Exa to perform AI-powered semantic web search, crawl websites for structured content, get natural language answers from the web, run in-depth research, and execute large-scale URL discovery with Websets.

Supports authentication: API Key

Tool list

exa_answer

Get a natural language answer to a question by searching the web with Exa and synthesizing results. Returns a direct answer with citations to the source pages. Ideal for factual questions, current events, and research queries. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute.

Name	Type	Required	Description
exclude_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to exclude from answer sources.
include_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to restrict source search to. Example: [“reuters.com”,“bbc.com”]
include_text	boolean	No	When true, also returns the source page text alongside the synthesized answer.
num_results	integer	No	Number of web sources to use when generating the answer (1–20). More sources improves accuracy but costs more credits.
query	string	Yes	The question or query to answer from web sources.

exa_crawl

Crawl one or more web pages by URL and extract their content including full text, highlights, and AI-generated summaries. Useful for reading specific pages discovered via search. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute. Credit consumption depends on number of URLs.

Name	Type	Required	Description
highlights_per_url	integer	No	Number of highlight sentences to return per URL when include_highlights is true. Defaults to 3.
include_highlights	boolean	No	When true, returns the most relevant sentence-level highlights from each page.
include_html_tags	boolean	No	When true, retains HTML tags in the extracted text. Defaults to false (plain text only).
include_summary	boolean	No	When true, returns an AI-generated summary for each crawled page.
max_characters	integer	No	Maximum characters of text to extract per page. Defaults to 5000.
summary_query	string	No	Optional query to focus the AI summary on a specific aspect of the page.
urls	array<string>	Yes	JSON array of URLs to crawl and extract content from.

exa_delete_webset

Delete an Exa Webset by its ID. This permanently removes the webset and all its collected items. This action cannot be undone.

Name	Type	Required	Description
webset_id	string	Yes	The ID of the webset to delete.

exa_find_similar

Find web pages similar to a given URL using Exa’s neural similarity search. Useful for competitor research, finding related articles, or discovering similar companies. Optionally returns page text, highlights, or summaries. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute.

Name	Type	Required	Description
end_published_date	string	No	Only return pages published before this date. ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z
exclude_domains	array<string>	No	Array of domains to exclude from results.
include_domains	array<string>	No	Array of domains to restrict results to.
include_text	boolean	No	When true, returns the full text content of each result page.
max_characters	integer	No	Maximum characters of page text to return per result when include_text is true. Defaults to 3000.
num_results	integer	No	Number of similar results to return (1–100). Defaults to 10.
start_published_date	string	No	Only return pages published after this date. ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z
url	string	Yes	The URL to find similar pages for.

exa_get_webset

Get the status and details of an existing Exa Webset by its ID. Use this to poll the status of an async webset created with Create Webset. Returns metadata including status (created, running, completed, cancelled), progress, and configuration.

Name	Type	Required	Description
webset_id	string	Yes	The ID of the webset to retrieve.

exa_list_webset_items

List the collected URLs and items from a completed Exa Webset. Use this after polling Get Webset until its status is ‘completed’ to retrieve the discovered results.

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	integer	No	Number of items to return per page. Defaults to 10.
cursor	string	No	Pagination cursor from a previous response to fetch the next page of items.
webset_id	string	Yes	The ID of the webset to retrieve items from.

exa_list_websets

List all Exa Websets in your account with optional pagination. Returns a list of websets with their IDs, statuses, and configurations.

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	integer	No	Number of websets to return per page. Defaults to 10.
cursor	string	No	Pagination cursor from a previous response to fetch the next page.

exa_research

Run in-depth research on a topic using Exa’s neural search. Performs a semantic search and returns results with full page text and AI-generated summaries, providing structured multi-source research output. Best for comprehensive topic analysis. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute.

Name	Type	Required	Description
category	string	No	Restrict research to a specific content category for more targeted results.
exclude_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to exclude from research results.
include_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to restrict research sources to. Useful to focus on authoritative sources.
max_characters	integer	No	Maximum characters of text to extract per source page. Defaults to 5000.
num_results	integer	No	Number of sources to gather for the research (1–20). More sources provide broader coverage.
query	string	Yes	The research topic or question to investigate across the web.
start_published_date	string	No	Only include sources published after this date. ISO 8601 format.
summary_query	string	No	Optional focused question to guide the AI page summaries. Defaults to the main research query.

exa_search

Search the web using Exa’s AI-powered semantic or keyword search engine. Supports filtering by domain, date range, content category, and result type. Optionally returns page text, highlights, or summaries alongside search results. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute.

Name	Type	Required	Description
category	string	No	Restrict results to a specific content category.
end_published_date	string	No	Only return pages published before this date. ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z
exclude_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to exclude from results. Example: [“reddit.com”,“quora.com”]
include_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to restrict results to. Example: [“techcrunch.com”,“wired.com”]
include_text	boolean	No	When true, returns the full text content of each result page (up to max_characters).
max_characters	integer	No	Maximum characters of page text to return per result when include_text is true. Defaults to 3000.
num_results	integer	No	Number of results to return (1–100). Defaults to 10.
query	string	Yes	The search query. For neural/auto type, natural language works best. For keyword type, use specific terms.
start_published_date	string	No	Only return pages published after this date. ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z
type	string	No	Search type: ‘neural’ for semantic AI search (best for natural language), ‘keyword’ for exact-match keyword search, ‘auto’ to let Exa decide.
use_autoprompt	boolean	No	When true, Exa automatically rewrites the query to be more semantically effective.

exa_websets

Execute a complex web query designed to discover and return large sets of URLs (up to thousands) matching specific criteria. Websets are ideal for lead generation, market research, competitor analysis, and large-scale data collection. Returns a webset ID — poll status with GET /websets/v0/websets/{id}. High credit consumption.

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	integer	No	Target number of URLs to collect. Can range from hundreds to thousands. Higher counts take longer and consume more credits.
entity_type	string	No	The type of entity to search for. Helps Exa understand what constitutes a valid result match.
exclude_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to exclude from webset results.
external_id	string	No	Optional external identifier to tag this webset for reference in your system.
include_domains	array<string>	No	JSON array of domains to restrict webset sources to.
query	string	Yes	The search query describing what kinds of pages or entities to find. Be specific and descriptive for best results.