Searching with Exa (Search API)

This skill is a recipe for consistent web research using Exa’s Search API: you choose the right search mode, apply the right filters, request only the content you need (highlights/text/summary), and return clean citations.

Quick start (default path)

1. Ensure an API key is available as an environment variable:

• EXA_API_KEY (preferred)
• or pass --api-key to the scripts.

2. Run a search (JSON response to stdout):

python {baseDir}/scripts/exa_search.py   --query "latest research in LLMs"   --type auto   --category "research paper"   --num-results 5   --highlights   --highlights-per-url 3   --num-sentences 2

Operating principles (always follow)