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Exa X Search by layneformalized225 — Agent Skill

Name: Exa X Search
Author: Layneformalized225

Exa X Search

Search tweets and X/Twitter content using Exa. Finds social discussions, product announcements, developer opinions, trending topics, and community sentiment. Use when searching for tweets, X/Twitter discussions, or social media sentiment.

File contents

X/Twitter Search (Exa)

Tool

Use exec to call: mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa category=tweet <params>

Always include category=tweet.

Critical Filter Restrictions

The tweet category has very limited filter support. These params cause errors:

Param	Status
`includeText`	NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error
`excludeText`	NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error
`includeDomains`	NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error
`excludeDomains`	NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error
`moderation`	NOT SUPPORTED — 500 error

Use the query string itself to filter content — put keywords, hashtags, and exclusions in query.

Supported Parameters

query, numResults, type
Date: startPublishedDate, endPublishedDate, startCrawlDate, endCrawlDate
Content: textMaxCharacters, enableHighlights, enableSummary
additionalQueries — for hashtag variations
livecrawl=preferred — for recent tweets

Call Syntax

# Recent tweets on a topic
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="Claude Code MCP experience" \
  category=tweet \
  startPublishedDate=2025-01-01 \
  numResults=20 \
  type=auto \
  livecrawl=preferred

# Product announcements (keywords in query, not includeText)
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="announcing new open source AI tool release" \
  category=tweet \
  startPublishedDate=2025-12-01 \
  numResults=15 \
  type=auto

# Developer sentiment
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="developer experience frustrating painful bug" \
  category=tweet \
  numResults=20 \
  type=deep \
  livecrawl=preferred

# Competitor monitoring
mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \
  query="Sourcegraph Cody review feedback" \
  category=tweet \
  startPublishedDate=2025-06-01 \
  numResults=25 \
  type=auto

When to Use

Social discussions and community sentiment
Product announcements from company accounts
Developer opinions and experiences
Trending topics
Expert takes and threads
Competitor/market signal monitoring

Output Format

Return:

Results — tweet content, author handle, date, engagement if visible
Sources — tweet URLs
Notes — sentiment summary, notable accounts, threads vs single tweets

Note: tweet content can be informal, sarcastic, or context-dependent.

---name: exa-x-searchdescription: Search tweets and X/Twitter content using Exa. Finds social discussions, product announcements, developer opinions, trending topics, and community sentiment. Use when searching for tweets, X/Twitter discussions, or social media sentiment.---# X/Twitter Search (Exa)## ToolUse `exec` to call: `mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa category=tweet <params>`**Always include `category=tweet`.**## Critical Filter RestrictionsThe `tweet` category has **very limited** filter support. These params cause errors:| Param | Status ||-------|--------|| `includeText` | NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error || `excludeText` | NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error || `includeDomains` | NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error || `excludeDomains` | NOT SUPPORTED — 400 error || `moderation` | NOT SUPPORTED — 500 error |**Use the query string itself to filter content** — put keywords, hashtags, and exclusions in `query`.## Supported Parameters- `query`, `numResults`, `type`- Date: `startPublishedDate`, `endPublishedDate`, `startCrawlDate`, `endCrawlDate`- Content: `textMaxCharacters`, `enableHighlights`, `enableSummary`- `additionalQueries` — for hashtag variations- `livecrawl=preferred` — for recent tweets## Call Syntax```bash# Recent tweets on a topicmcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \ query="Claude Code MCP experience" \ category=tweet \ startPublishedDate=2025-01-01 \ numResults=20 \ type=auto \ livecrawl=preferred# Product announcements (keywords in query, not includeText)mcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \ query="announcing new open source AI tool release" \ category=tweet \ startPublishedDate=2025-12-01 \ numResults=15 \ type=auto# Developer sentimentmcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \ query="developer experience frustrating painful bug" \ category=tweet \ numResults=20 \ type=deep \ livecrawl=preferred# Competitor monitoringmcporter call exa-search.web_search_advanced_exa \ query="Sourcegraph Cody review feedback" \ category=tweet \ startPublishedDate=2025-06-01 \ numResults=25 \ type=auto```## When to Use- Social discussions and community sentiment- Product announcements from company accounts- Developer opinions and experiences- Trending topics- Expert takes and threads- Competitor/market signal monitoring## Output FormatReturn:1. Results — tweet content, author handle, date, engagement if visible2. Sources — tweet URLs3. Notes — sentiment summary, notable accounts, threads vs single tweetsNote: tweet content can be informal, sarcastic, or context-dependent.

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