| name | exa |
| description | Manage Exa AI via CLI - search, contents, answer, context. Use when user mentions 'exa', 'web search', 'find similar pages', 'ai answer', or wants to interact with the Exa API. |
| category | web-search |
exa-cli
Setup
If exa-cli is not found, install and build it:
bun --version || curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
npx api2cli bundle exa
npx api2cli link exa
api2cli link adds ~/.local/bin to PATH automatically. The CLI is available in the next command.
Always use --json flag when calling commands programmatically.
Authentication
exa-cli auth set "your-token"
exa-cli auth test
Resources
search
| Command | Description |
|---|
exa-cli search query --query "latest AI research" --json | Search web with natural language query |
exa-cli search query --query "best React frameworks" --type neural --num-results 5 --json | Neural search with custom result count |
exa-cli search query --query "SpaceX news" --type keyword --json | Keyword-based search |
exa-cli search query --query "AI trends" --start-date 2024-01-01 --json | Search with date filter |
exa-cli search query --query "research" --category news --json | Search by category |
exa-cli search query --query "frameworks" --include-domains github.com,stackoverflow.com --json | Include specific domains |
exa-cli search query --query "news" --exclude-domains twitter.com --json | Exclude specific domains |
exa-cli search query --query "topic" --text --json | Include page text in results |
exa-cli search query --query "topic" --summary --json | Include AI summary for each result |
exa-cli search query --query "topic" --highlights --json | Include text highlights |
exa-cli search find-similar --url "https://example.com" --json | Find similar pages to URL |
exa-cli search find-similar --url "https://example.com" --num-results 5 --text --json | Find similar with text content |
contents
| Command | Description |
|---|
exa-cli contents get --urls "https://example.com" --json | Get page contents for URL |
exa-cli contents get --urls "https://a.com,https://b.com" --json | Get contents for multiple URLs |
exa-cli contents get --urls "https://example.com" --text --json | Get contents with full page text |
exa-cli contents get --urls "https://example.com" --summary --json | Get contents with AI summary |
exa-cli contents get --urls "https://example.com" --highlights --json | Get contents with text highlights |
answer
| Command | Description |
|---|
exa-cli answer query --query "What is the latest valuation of SpaceX?" --json | Get AI answer with web citations |
exa-cli answer query --query "Who won the 2024 election?" --text --json | Answer with source text included |
exa-cli answer query --query "Explain quantum computing" --stream --json | Stream answer response |
context
| Command | Description |
|---|
exa-cli context get --query "how to use React hooks" --json | Get web context for query |
exa-cli context get --query "Python async await patterns" --tokens-num 8000 --json | Get context with token limit |
Global Flags
All commands support: --json, --format <text|json|csv|yaml>, --verbose, --no-color, --no-header
