exa.search

Exa Search: pay per use, no API key

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Search the web using Exa. Returns relevant pages with titles, URLs, publication details, and highlighted passages. Price covers 10 results; extra results cost more (quoted from `num_results`, max 100).

Price and execution

Price: $0.007
Pricing model: Fixed price per successful call
Execution class: fast

Limits

No additional limits are published for this tool.

Parameters

Fields exa.search accepts as JSON input.

type"auto" | "keyword" | "neural" | "fast"Optional
Search mode. auto picks the best mode for the query; keyword, neural, and fast use Exa's documented search types.
querystringRequired
The natural-language web search query.
category"company" | "publication" | "news" | "personal site" | "financial report" | "people"Optional
Optionally limit the search to a type of web content.
num_resultsintegerOptional
The maximum number of results to return.
exclude_domainsarray of stringOptional
Exclude results from these domains.
include_domainsarray of stringOptional
Only return results from these domains.
end_published_datestring (date-time)Optional
Only return content published on or before this time.
start_published_datestring (date-time)Optional
Only return content published on or after this time.
max_highlight_charactersintegerOptional
Maximum highlight characters returned for each result.

Raw input JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "enum": [
        "auto",
        "keyword",
        "neural",
        "fast"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "default": "auto",
      "description": "Search mode. auto picks the best mode for the query; keyword, neural, and fast use Exa's documented search types."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 1000,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The natural-language web search query."
    },
    "category": {
      "enum": [
        "company",
        "publication",
        "news",
        "personal site",
        "financial report",
        "people"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optionally limit the search to a type of web content."
    },
    "num_results": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "The maximum number of results to return."
    },
    "exclude_domains": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 255,
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "maxItems": 10,
      "description": "Exclude results from these domains."
    },
    "include_domains": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "maxLength": 255,
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "maxItems": 10,
      "description": "Only return results from these domains."
    },
    "end_published_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Only return content published on or before this time."
    },
    "start_published_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Only return content published on or after this time."
    },
    "max_highlight_characters": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1000,
      "maximum": 5000,
      "minimum": 100,
      "description": "Maximum highlight characters returned for each result."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Returns

Fields a successful exa.search call returns.

querystringRequired
resultsarray of objectRequired
- urlstring (uri)Required
- titlestringRequired
- authorstring | nullRequired
- highlightsarray of stringRequired
- published_datestring | nullRequired
cost_usdnumber | nullRequired
request_idstringRequired
retrieved_atstring (date-time)Required

Raw output JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query",
    "results",
    "request_id",
    "cost_usd",
    "retrieved_at"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "title",
          "url",
          "published_date",
          "author",
          "highlights"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uri"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "highlights": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "maxLength": 5000
            }
          },
          "published_date": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "format": "date-time"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "maxItems": 100
    },
    "cost_usd": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "request_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "retrieved_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Run this tool

Copy this instruction to your agent to set up Cralo and call this tool with the example input.

Set up Cralo by following https://cralo.ai/SKILL.md, then call the exa.search tool with this input: {"query":"Cralo","num_results":1}

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Safety notes

Side Effect: read_only
Public Sources Only: Yes

How this compares to using Exa directly

You do not need a separate Exa account or subscription for this call. Cralo uses one prepaid balance across all tools and shows the per-call price before you run the command.

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