exa

Exa is an AI-powered search engine designed specifically for developers and researchers, providing highly relevant and up-to-date information from across the web. It combines advanced semantic search capabilities with AI understanding to deliver more accurate and contextually relevant results than traditional search engines.

With Exa, you can:

• Search with natural language: Find information using conversational queries and questions

• Get precise results: Receive highly relevant search results with semantic understanding

• Access up-to-date information: Retrieve current information from across the web

• Find similar content: Discover related resources based on content similarity

• Extract webpage contents: Retrieve and process the full text of web pages

• Answer questions with citations: Ask questions and receive direct answers with supporting sources

• Perform research tasks: Automate multi-step research workflows to gather, synthesize, and summarize information

In Agent Forge, the Exa integration allows your agents to search the web for information, retrieve content from specific URLs, find similar resources, answer questions with citations, and conduct research tasks—all programmatically through API calls. This enables your agents to access real-time information from the internet, enhancing their ability to provide accurate, current, and relevant responses. The integration is particularly valuable for research tasks, information gathering, content discovery, and answering questions that require up-to-date information from across the web.

Usage Instructions

Search the web, retrieve content, find similar links, and answer questions using Exa's powerful AI search capabilities.

Tools

exa_search

Search the web using Exa AI. Returns relevant search results with titles, URLs, and text snippets.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	The search query to execute
numResults	number	No	Number of results to return (default: 10, max: 25)
useAutoprompt	boolean	No	Whether to use autoprompt to improve the query (default: false)
type	string	No	Search type: neural, keyword, auto or fast (default: auto)
apiKey	string	Yes	Exa AI API Key

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
results	json	Search results
similarLinks	json	Similar links found
answer	string	Generated answer
citations	json	Answer citations
research	json	Research findings

exa_get_contents

Retrieve the contents of webpages using Exa AI. Returns the title, text content, and optional summaries for each URL.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
urls	string	Yes	Comma-separated list of URLs to retrieve content from
text	boolean	No	If true, returns full page text with default settings. If false, disables text return.
summaryQuery	string	No	Query to guide the summary generation
apiKey	string	Yes	Exa AI API Key

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
results	json	Search results
similarLinks	json	Similar links found
answer	string	Generated answer
citations	json	Answer citations
research	json	Research findings

exa_find_similar_links

Find webpages similar to a given URL using Exa AI. Returns a list of similar links with titles and text snippets.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
url	string	Yes	The URL to find similar links for
numResults	number	No	Number of similar links to return (default: 10, max: 25)
text	boolean	No	Whether to include the full text of the similar pages
apiKey	string	Yes	Exa AI API Key

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
results	json	Search results
similarLinks	json	Similar links found
answer	string	Generated answer
citations	json	Answer citations
research	json	Research findings

exa_answer

Get an AI-generated answer to a question with citations from the web using Exa AI.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	The question to answer
text	boolean	No	Whether to include the full text of the answer
apiKey	string	Yes	Exa AI API Key

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
results	json	Search results
similarLinks	json	Similar links found
answer	string	Generated answer
citations	json	Answer citations
research	json	Research findings

exa_research

Perform comprehensive research using AI to generate detailed reports with citations

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Research query or topic
includeText	boolean	No	Include full text content in results
apiKey	string	Yes	Exa AI API Key

Output

Parameter	Type	Description
results	json	Search results
similarLinks	json	Similar links found
answer	string	Generated answer
citations	json	Answer citations
research	json	Research findings

Notes

• Category: tools

• Type: exa