Exa Deploy Integration

Overview

Deploy applications that use Exa's neural search API (api.exa.ai) to production. Covers API key management, deployment to Vercel and Docker, rate limit configuration, and caching strategies for search-heavy applications.

Prerequisites

• Exa API key stored in EXA_API_KEY environment variable
• Application using exa-js SDK or REST API
• Platform CLI installed (vercel, docker, or gcloud)

Instructions

Step 1: Configure Secrets

# Vercel
vercel env add EXA_API_KEY production

# Docker
echo "EXA_API_KEY=your-key" >> .env.production