cli-anything-exa

# Exa CLI Skill ## Identity - **Name**: cli-anything-exa - **Version**: 1.0.0 - **Category**: search - **Entry Point**: `cli-anything-exa` ## What This CLI Does Provides an agent-native command-line interface to the Exa API — a neural search engine optimised for AI agent workflows. Supports web search across multiple modes (fast, deep, deep-reasoning) and fetching full-text or highlighted page contents. ## Prerequisites - Python >= 3.10 - `pip install cli-anything-exa` - `export EXA_API_KEY="your-api-key"` (get one at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys) ## Installation ```bash pip install git+https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git#subdirectory=exa/agent-harness ``` ## Command Reference ### search — Web search ```bash cli-anything-exa search "<query>" [OPTIONS] Options: --type auto|fast|instant|deep|deep-reasoning (default: auto) --num-results / -n 1–100 (default: 10) --category company|people|research-paper|news|personal-site|financial-report --content highlights|text|summary|none (default: highlights) --freshness smart|always|never (default: smart) --include-domains DOMAIN (repeatable) --exclude-domains DOMAIN (repeatable) --from DATE ISO 8601 start published date --to DATE ISO 8601 end published date --location CC Two-letter country code for geo-bias ``` ### contents — Fetch page contents ```bash cli-anything-exa contents <url> [url ...] [--content text|highlights|summary] [--freshness smart|always|never] ``` ### server status — Verify API key and connectivity ```bash cli-anything-exa server status ``` ## JSON Output All commands support `--json` at the root level for machine-readable output: ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "latest LLM papers" --num-results 5 ``` ## Common Agent Patterns ### Fast keyword lookup ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "site:arxiv.org transformer architectures" --type fast --content highlights ``` ### Deep research on a topic ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "EU AI Act compliance requirements 2024" --type deep --content text ``` ### Academic paper discovery ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "retrieval augmented generation" --category research-paper --num-results 20 ``` ### Company intelligence ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "Anthropic funding history" --category company ``` ### News monitoring ```bash cli-anything-exa --json search "AI regulation news" --category news --from 2024-01-01 ``` ### Fetch full content for summarisation ```bash cli-anything-exa --json contents https://example.com/article --content text ``` ## Interactive REPL ```bash cli-anything-exa # No subcommand → enters REPL ``` Type commands without the `cli-anything-exa` prefix. Type `exit` or `quit` to leave. ## Notes - `highlights` content mode is 10× more token-efficient than `text` — prefer it for agent pipelines - `--type deep` triggers multi-step reasoning; slower but synthesises across many sources - `--category company` and `--category people` do not support date or domain-exclude filters - Cost per query is included in JSON output under `cost_dollars`