Exa Reference Architecture

Overview

Production architecture for Exa neural search integration. Covers search service design, content extraction pipeline, RAG integration, domain-scoped search profiles, and caching strategy.

Architecture Diagram

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Application Layer                        │
│   RAG Pipeline  |  Research Agent  |  Content Discovery   │
└──────────┬──────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┘
           │              │               │
           ▼              ▼               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                Exa Search Service Layer                    │
│  ┌────────────┐  ┌────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐    │
│  │ search()   │  │ findSimilar│  │ getContents()    │    │
│  │ neural/    │  │ (URL seed) │  │ (known URLs)     │    │
│  │ keyword/   │  └────────────┘  └──────────────────┘    │