| name | exa-plus |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| description | Neural web search via Exa AI. Search people, companies, news, research, code. Supports deep search, domain filters, date ranges. |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🧠","requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]"}}} |
Exa - Neural Web Search
Powerful AI-powered search with LinkedIn, news, research papers, and more.
Setup
Set EXA_API_KEY in your environment (e.g. ~/.env.local):
export EXA_API_KEY="your-exa-api-key"
Fallback: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/exa/config.json with {"apiKey": "..."}
Commands
General Search
bash scripts/search.sh "query" [options]
Options (as env vars):
NUM=10 - Number of results (max 100)
TYPE=auto - Search type: auto, neural, fast, deep
CATEGORY= - Category: news, company, people, research paper, github, tweet, pdf, financial report
DOMAINS= - Include domains (comma-separated)
EXCLUDE= - Exclude domains (comma-separated)
SINCE= - Published after (ISO date)
UNTIL= - Published before (ISO date)
LOCATION=NL - User location (country code)
Examples
bash scripts/search.sh "AI agents 2024"
CATEGORY=people bash scripts/search.sh "software engineer Amsterdam"
CATEGORY=company bash scripts/search.sh "fintech startup Netherlands"
CATEGORY=news DOMAINS="reuters.com,bbc.com" bash scripts/search.sh "Netherlands"
CATEGORY="research paper" bash scripts/search.sh "transformer architecture"
TYPE=deep bash scripts/search.sh "climate change solutions"
CATEGORY=news SINCE="2026-01-01" bash scripts/search.sh "tech layoffs"
Get Content
Extract full text from URLs:
bash scripts/content.sh "url1" "url2"
Related Search Tools
exa-plus specializes in neural search (people, companies, research). For other needs:
| Tool | Specialty | Use When |
|---|
| exa-plus (this) | Neural web, GitHub, LinkedIn, papers | People/company search, academic research |
| valyu | Recursive turn-based research | valyu research "query" --turns 5 |
| deep-research | Multi-query Tavily synthesis | deep-research "query" --deep |
| lev-research | Multi-perspective orchestration | lev-research "query" |
| lev-find | Unified local + external | lev find "query" --scope=research |
| brave-search | Quick web search | brave-search "query" |
| tavily-search | AI-optimized snippets | tavily-search "query" |
| grok-research | Real-time X/Twitter | grok-research "query" |
| firecrawl | Web scraping | firecrawl scrape <url> |
| qmd | Local session search | qmd query "query" |
Exa's unique capabilities:
- ✅ LinkedIn people search (
CATEGORY=people)
- ✅ Company research (
CATEGORY=company)
- ✅ Research papers (
CATEGORY="research paper")
- ✅ GitHub code search (
CATEGORY=github)
- ✅ Neural semantic search (not just keywords)
- ❌ General web (use brave-search or tavily-search)
- ❌ Turn-based refinement (use valyu)
Integration pattern:
CATEGORY=people exa search "ML engineer Amsterdam"
valyu research "machine learning hiring trends" --turns 5
See skill://lev-research for comprehensive research workflows.