Exa

Neural web search via Exa AI. Search people, companies, news, research, code. Supports deep search, domain filters, date ranges.

Exa - Neural Web Search

Powerful AI-powered search with LinkedIn, news, research papers, and more.

Setup

Create ~/.clawdbot/credentials/exa/config.json:

json

{"apiKey": "your-exa-api-key"}

Commands

General Search

bash

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

bash

# 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

bash scripts/content.sh "url1" "url2"