web-search-advanced-personal-site

name	web-search-advanced-personal-site
description	Search personal websites and blogs using Exa advanced search. Full filter support for finding individual perspectives, portfolios, and personal blogs. Use when searching for personal sites, blog posts, or portfolio websites. Use when this capability is needed.
metadata	{"author":"exa-labs"}

Web Search Advanced - Personal Site Category

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site". Do NOT use other categories or tools.

Full Filter Support

The personal site category supports ALL available parameters:

Core

• query (required)
• numResults
• type ("auto", "fast", "deep", "neural")

Domain filtering

• includeDomains
• excludeDomains (e.g., exclude Medium if you want independent blogs)

Date filtering (ISO 8601)

• startPublishedDate / endPublishedDate
• startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate

Text filtering

• includeText (must contain ALL)
• excludeText (exclude if ANY match)

Array size restriction: includeText and excludeText only support single-item arrays. Multi-item arrays (2+ items) cause 400 errors. To match multiple terms, put them in the query string or run separate searches.

Content extraction

• textMaxCharacters / contextMaxCharacters
• enableSummary / summaryQuery
• enableHighlights / highlightsNumSentences / highlightsPerUrl / highlightsQuery

Additional

• additionalQueries
• maxAgeHours / livecrawlTimeout
• subpages / subpageTarget - useful for exploring portfolio sites

Token Isolation (Critical)

Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:

• Agent calls web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site"
• Agent merges + deduplicates results before presenting
• Agent returns distilled output (brief markdown or compact JSON)
• Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

When to Use

Use this category when you need:

• Individual expert opinions and experiences
• Personal blog posts on technical topics
• Portfolio websites
• Independent analysis (not corporate content)
• Deep dives and tutorials from practitioners

Examples

Technical blog posts:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "building production LLM applications lessons learned",
  "category": "personal site",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "deep",
  "enableSummary": true
}

Recent posts on a topic:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "Rust async runtime comparison",
  "category": "personal site",
  "startPublishedDate": "2025-01-01",
  "numResults": 10,
  "type": "auto"
}

Exclude aggregators:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "startup founder lessons",
  "category": "personal site",
  "excludeDomains": ["medium.com", "substack.com"],
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "auto"
}

Output Format

Return:

1. Results (title, author/site name, date, key insights)
2. Sources (URLs)
3. Notes (author expertise, potential biases, depth of coverage)

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