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Search for research papers and academic content using Exa.
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| name | research-paper-search |
| description | Search for research papers and academic content using Exa. |
| context | fork |
Use this skill for discovering academic papers, arXiv/preprint work, methods comparisons, literature scans, and evidence-weighted technical summaries.
| Intent | Primary Tool | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Paper discovery | web_search_advanced_exa with category: "research paper" | Use when available; domain filters such as arxiv.org can improve signal. |
| Broad discovery when advanced search is unavailable | web_search_exa | Include topic, method names, and paper/source terms. |
| Evidence-weighted synthesis across papers | web_research_exa | Use when enabled; specify evidence quality and caveat requirements. |
| One-off definition or quick answer | web_answer_exa | Keep it concise and citation-focused. |
| Read abstracts or paper pages | web_fetch_exa | Fetch selected paper URLs when snippets are insufficient. |
| Find related papers from one seed paper | web_find_similar_exa | Use when a seed URL is clearly on-topic. |
If opt-in tools are unavailable, use web_search_exa plus selective web_fetch_exa and produce a smaller sourced summary.
{ "query": "LLM fine-tuning methods instruction tuning preference optimization", "category": "research paper", "includeDomains": ["arxiv.org"], "numResults": 10 }{ "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18290", "excludeSourceDomain": false, "numResults": 8 }{ "query": "Summarize methodological differences between instruction tuning, RLHF, DPO, and newer preference optimization methods for large language models.", "systemPrompt": "Prioritize peer-reviewed papers, arXiv papers with clear methods sections, and papers with empirical comparisons. Separate findings from speculation and call out methodology limits.", "outputSchema": { "type": "text" } }paper, arXiv, benchmark, survey, method.