company-research

name	company-research
description	Company research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, tweets, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists.
triggers	company research, competitor analysis, market research, find companies, research company, company intel.
requires_mcp	exa
context	fork

Company Research

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced from Exa. Do NOT use web_search_exa or any other Exa tools.

Token Isolation (Critical)

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

• Agent runs Exa search internally
• Agent processes results using LLM intelligence
• Agent returns only distilled output (compact JSON or brief markdown)
• Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

Dynamic Tuning

No hardcoded numResults. Tune to user intent:

• User says "a few" → 10-20
• User says "comprehensive" → 50-100
• User specifies number → match it
• Ambiguous? Ask: "How many companies would you like?"

Query Variation

Exa returns different results for different phrasings. For coverage:

• Generate 2-3 query variations
• Run in parallel
• Merge and deduplicate

Categories

Use appropriate Exa category:

• company → homepages, gargantuan amount of metadata such as headcount, location, funding, revenue
• news → press coverage
• tweet → social presence
• people → LinkedIn profiles (public data)

LinkedIn

Public LinkedIn via Exa: category "people", no other filters Auth-required LinkedIn → use Claude in Chrome browser fallback

Browser Fallback

Auto-fallback to Claude in Chrome when:

• Exa returns insufficient results
• Content is auth-gated
• Dynamic pages need JavaScript

Models

• haiku: fast extraction (listing, discovery)
• opus: synthesis, analysis, browser automation