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Exa Plus by lev-os — Agent Skill

Name: Exa Plus
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: lev-os

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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

# Basic search
bash scripts/search.sh "AI agents 2024"

# LinkedIn people search
CATEGORY=people bash scripts/search.sh "software engineer Amsterdam"

# Company search
CATEGORY=company bash scripts/search.sh "fintech startup Netherlands"

# News from specific domain
CATEGORY=news DOMAINS="reuters.com,bbc.com" bash scripts/search.sh "Netherlands"

# Research papers
CATEGORY="research paper" bash scripts/search.sh "transformer architecture"

# Deep search (comprehensive)
TYPE=deep bash scripts/search.sh "climate change solutions"

# Date-filtered news
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:

# 1. Find people/companies with Exa
CATEGORY=people exa search "ML engineer Amsterdam"

# 2. Deep research on findings
valyu research "machine learning hiring trends" --turns 5

See skill://lev-research for comprehensive research workflows.

---name: exa-plusdescription: Neural web search via Exa AI. Search people, companies, news, research, code. Supports deep search, domain filters, date ranges.---# Exa - Neural Web SearchPowerful AI-powered search with LinkedIn, news, research papers, and more.## SetupSet `EXA_API_KEY` in your environment (e.g. `~/.env.local`):```bashexport EXA_API_KEY="your-exa-api-key"```Fallback: `~/.clawdbot/credentials/exa/config.json` with `{"apiKey": "..."}`## Commands### General Search```bashbash 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# Basic searchbash scripts/search.sh "AI agents 2024"# LinkedIn people searchCATEGORY=people bash scripts/search.sh "software engineer Amsterdam"# Company searchCATEGORY=company bash scripts/search.sh "fintech startup Netherlands"# News from specific domainCATEGORY=news DOMAINS="reuters.com,bbc.com" bash scripts/search.sh "Netherlands"# Research papersCATEGORY="research paper" bash scripts/search.sh "transformer architecture"# Deep search (comprehensive)TYPE=deep bash scripts/search.sh "climate change solutions"# Date-filtered newsCATEGORY=news SINCE="2026-01-01" bash scripts/search.sh "tech layoffs"```### Get ContentExtract full text from URLs:```bashbash 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:**```bash# 1. Find people/companies with ExaCATEGORY=people exa search "ML engineer Amsterdam"# 2. Deep research on findingsvalyu research "machine learning hiring trends" --turns 5```See `skill://lev-research` for comprehensive research workflows.

Frequently asked questions

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