web-search-advanced-research-paper

name	web-search-advanced-research-paper
description	Search for research papers and academic content using Exa advanced search. Full filter support including date ranges and text filtering. Use when searching for academic papers, arXiv preprints, or scientific research.
context	fork

MCP server note (this workspace): Exa tools come from the exa-search MCP server — mcp__exa-search__web_search_advanced_exa and mcp__exa-search__deep_search_exa. Load them via ToolSearch if not already available.

Web Search Advanced - Research Paper Category

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced_exa with category: "research paper". Do NOT use other categories or tools.

Full Filter Support

The research paper category supports ALL available parameters:

Core

• query (required)
• numResults
• type ("auto", "fast", "instant"). For deep multi-angle synthesis, use the separate deep_search_exa tool instead (note: deprecated).

Result count: Scale numResults to intent. "A few" / a quick scan → 10-20; "comprehensive" / a literature review → 50-100. If the scope is ambiguous, ask before running.

Domain filtering

• includeDomains (e.g., ["arxiv.org", "openreview.net"])
• excludeDomains

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 / highlightsQuery / highlightsMaxCharacters (preferred over the deprecated highlightsNumSentences / highlightsPerUrl)

Additional

• userLocation
• moderation
• additionalQueries
• maxAgeHours / livecrawlTimeout
• subpages / subpageTarget

Token Isolation

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

• Agent calls web_search_advanced_exa with category: "research paper"
• 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:

• Academic papers from arXiv, OpenReview, PubMed, etc.
• Scientific research on specific topics
• Literature reviews with date filtering
• Papers containing specific methodologies or terms

Examples

Recent papers on a topic:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "transformer attention mechanisms efficiency",
  "category": "research paper",
  "startPublishedDate": "2024-01-01",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "auto"
}

Papers from specific venues:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "large language model agents",
  "category": "research paper",
  "includeDomains": ["arxiv.org", "openreview.net"],
  "includeText": ["LLM"],
  "numResults": 20,
  "type": "auto"
}

Output Format

Return:

1. Results (structured list with title, authors, date, abstract summary)
2. Sources (URLs with publication venue)
3. Notes (methodology differences, conflicting findings)