Exa search api

Skill Yesterday-AI/skills/plugins/office/skills/exa-search-api

Semantic web search via Exa AI API. Returns full-text content, not just snippets. Use for deep research, competitor analysis, or finding specific technical content.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Yesterday-AI/skills --skill exa-search-api

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reads credentialsReads from 2 credential sources: `~/.openclaw/secrets/exa.key` and 1 more.
1 stars1 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 5 commands, including `./skills/exa-search-api/scripts/search.sh "query" 5` and 4 more.
fetches URLsInstructs the agent to fetch 1 URL, including https://api.exa.ai/search.

SKILL.md

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Exa Search 🔍🧠

Exa is a semantic search engine built for AI. Unlike traditional search (keyword matching), Exa understands meaning and returns full-text content -- not just titles and snippets.

When to Use

Use Exa	Use web_search (Brave)
Deep research, full article text	Quick facts, simple lookups
"Find articles about X"	"What is X?"
Competitor analysis	URL discovery
Technical deep-dives	News headlines

Usage

# Basic search (5 results)
./skills/exa-search-api/scripts/search.sh "query" 5

# Or via curl directly
curl -s -X POST "https://api.exa.ai/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $EXA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "your query", "num_results": 5, "type": "auto", "use_autoprompt": true, "contents": {"text": {"max_characters": 5000}}}'

Output

Returns JSON with full results:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Article Title",
      "url": "https://...",
      "text": "Full article content up to 5000 chars...",
      "score": 0.95
    }
  ]
}

Key Advantages Over Other Tools

Full text -- Not just snippets. Get the actual article content.
Semantic -- Understands meaning, not just keywords.
Autoprompt -- Rewrites your query for better results.
Filters -- Date ranges, domains, content type.

Setup

Get API key at https://exa.ai

Store key securely:

echo "your-key" > ~/.openclaw/secrets/exa.key
chmod 600 ~/.openclaw/secrets/exa.key

Set env var or pass to script:

export EXA_API_KEY=$(cat ~/.openclaw/secrets/exa.key)

Depends On

None (standalone). Complements web-scraper for pages Exa can't reach.

Authored by ManniTheRaccoon. Tested 2026-02-20. 🦝

What ships with it: 1 file

940 B alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable

scripts/

search.shruns940 B