Exa

Exa - Neural Web Search

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

Setup

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

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

Commands

General Search

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

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 scripts/content.sh "url1" "url2"