exa

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