Exa Search
Auth
Env: EXA_API_KEY (local user env + Codex shell_environment_policy).
Docs: https://docs.exa.ai
Site: https://exa.ai
Usage
HTTP:
# PowerShell example
$headers = @{ "x-api-key" = $env:EXA_API_KEY; "Content-Type" = "application/json" }
$body = @{ query = "your query"; numResults = 5; type = "auto" } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://api.exa.ai/search -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $body
Prefer order (local)
- Keenable MCP / CLI (agent-oriented search + fetch)
- Tavily Hikari MCP (pool, search/extract/crawl/research)
- Exa API when you need Exa-style neural search / similar links
Do not hardcode keys in chat.