appautomaton Exa Search (Skill)
Use the exa_search tool to retrieve high-signal sources from the public web, then write a concise, citation-ready answer.
When to Activate
Activate when the user:
- Asks for research, sources, citations, or “search online”
- Wants high-signal / less SEO search results
- Uses a prompt starting with
/exa(treat the rest as the query)
How to Use
- Turn the user request into a tight search query (include key entities + constraints).
- Call
exa_searchwithincludeHighlights: true(default) to get snippets. - If deeper reading is needed, set
includeText: trueand keeptextMaxCharacterssmall. - Summarize findings and cite each claim with the URL(s) returned by Exa.
Recommended Defaults
numResults: 5–10includeHighlights: trueincludeText: false (turn on only when needed)includeSummary: false (turn on when you want Exa to draft per-URL summaries)
Notes / Failure Modes
- If the tool errors with “Missing Exa API key”, stop and ask the user to configure host env and restart.
Do not read/write
.env, do not restart gateway, and do not kill processes from this skill flow. In this repo, the key is expected inconfig/.envand restart is a user/host operation. - If results are off-topic, tighten the query and/or use
includeDomains/excludeDomains.