# Exa Personal Site

> Search personal websites and blogs using Exa. Finds individual perspectives, portfolios, tutorials, and personal blogs. Use when searching for personal sites, blog posts, practitioner deep-dives, or portfolio websites.

- Skill: `layneformalized225/exa-personal-site` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add layneformalized225/exa-personal-site`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/layneformalized225/exa-personal-site/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Layneformalized225 (https://skillmd.com/u/layneformalized225)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/layneformalized225/exa-personal-site

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# Personal Site Search (Exa)

## Tool

Use `exec` to call: `mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa category=personal\ site <params>`

**Always include `category=personal\ site`.**

## Full Filter Support

Unlike `company` or `tweet` categories, `personal site` supports ALL parameters:

- Domain: `includeDomains`, `excludeDomains`
- Date: `startPublishedDate`, `endPublishedDate`, `startCrawlDate`, `endCrawlDate`
- Text: `includeText`, `excludeText` (single-item only — multi-item causes 400 error)
- Content: `enableSummary`, `enableHighlights`, `subpages`, `subpageTarget`

## Call Syntax

```bash
# Technical blog posts
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="building production LLM applications lessons learned" \
  category="personal site" \
  numResults=15 \
  type=deep \
  enableSummary=true

# Recent posts only
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="Rust async runtime comparison" \
  category="personal site" \
  startPublishedDate=2025-01-01 \
  numResults=10 \
  type=auto

# Exclude aggregators, find independent blogs
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="startup founder lessons" \
  category="personal site" \
  excludeDomains='["medium.com","substack.com"]' \
  numResults=15 \
  type=auto

# Portfolio sites with subpages
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="AI engineer portfolio projects" \
  category="personal site" \
  numResults=10 \
  subpages=2 \
  subpageTarget=projects
```

## When to Use

- Individual expert opinions and experiences
- Personal blog posts on technical topics
- Portfolio websites
- Independent analysis (not corporate content)
- Deep-dives and tutorials from practitioners

## Output Format

Return:
1. Results — title, author/site name, date, key insights
2. Sources — URLs
3. Notes — author expertise, potential biases, depth of coverage