Exa search
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Use when querying Exa through ArkSpace web_search routing, especially semantic/neural search, coding documentation, repositories, technical research, domain/date filtered discovery, or Exa-specific search controls.
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Exa Search
Use Exa as an API-backed web_search provider when ArkSpace routes a semantic or technical discovery task to Exa, or when the user explicitly asks for Exa search.
Exa configuration is managed by provider-manager; do not ask the user to edit config files by hand.
Source References
- Official Search API:
https://exa.ai/docs/reference/search - Official Contents API:
https://exa.ai/docs/reference/get-contents - Official Find Similar API:
https://exa.ai/docs/reference/find-similar-links - Official Answer API:
https://exa.ai/docs/reference/answer - OpenClaw guide:
https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/exa-search
Before Use
Resolve the installed ArkSpace package root before running commands. Replace <installed-arkspace-path> with the directory two levels above this loaded SKILL.md, such as /Users/<user>/.claude/plugins/cache/ark-space/ark-space/0.1.2. Use the installed package path, not a repository-relative command.
Check configuration:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider check exa --capability web_search
Set up Exa once:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider setup exa --wizard
For multiple API keys:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider setup exa --wizard --key-count 2
Missing Configuration Recovery
If the provider check reports a missing Exa API key:
- Ask the user whether to start setup now: "Exa is not configured. Should I start the ArkSpace setup wizard now?"
- Present exactly two choices:
- "Start setup wizard" - start interactive setup with
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider setup exa --wizard. - "Not now" - leave Exa unconfigured; if the user still wants results, ask whether to continue with another registered provider or a clearly labeled non-ArkSpace fallback.
- "Start setup wizard" - start interactive setup with
- Run the setup command only when the host shell can provide interactive secret input. If the shell is non-interactive, do not run
--wizardthrough that tool. - In Claude Code non-interactive tool sessions, offer:
- run
! python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider setup exa --wizardin the Claude prompt or terminal, or - paste the API key in chat and let the agent save it with
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py provider setup exa --save-secret EXA_API_KEY --secret-stdin.
- run
- Re-run the provider check after setup.
- If setup succeeds, rerun or tell the user to rerun the original invocation, such as
/ark-space:exa-search <query>. - Do not return Exa search results until the provider check succeeds.
Helper Script
Basic semantic search:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py web search --provider exa "agent skills frameworks" --output json
Search with domain filters and content extraction:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py web search --provider exa "Claude Code plugin docs" \
--include-domains docs.anthropic.com,github.com \
--search-type neural \
--include-highlights \
--max-results 5 \
--output json
Deep search with structured output:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py web search --provider exa "top open-source agent skill systems" \
--search-type deep-reasoning \
--output-schema '{"type":"object","properties":{"projects":{"type":"array"}}}' \
--output json
Deep search with related query expansion:
python3 <installed-arkspace-path>/scripts/arkspace.py web search --provider exa "open-source agent skill systems" \
--search-type deep-reasoning \
--additional-queries "Claude Code skills,Codex plugins,agent workflow repositories" \
--include-summary \
--output json
Routing Notes
- Prefer Exa for semantic search, code/documentation discovery, repository research, conceptually related pages, strict domain/date filtered discovery, and search results with summaries/highlights/text.
- Use
exa-similarinstead when the user starts from a known URL and wants similar pages, comparable products, adjacent papers, or related repositories. - Use
exa-contextinstead when a code role needs ready-to-use examples, API syntax, or framework usage context rather than source URLs. - Prefer SearXNG when privacy or self-hosted search is required.
- Prefer Tavily when the task needs broad current web search plus Tavily map/crawl/research workflows.
- Use
exa-contentsafter Exa search when selected URLs need full text.