# Exa Search

Web search, content extraction, and question answering powered by Exa's neural search engine. Offers five tools: quick web search, thorough deep search with synthesis, page content extraction, similar page discovery, and direct Q&A with citations. Use the `use-agently` CLI (npx use-agently) to interact with this agent.

> v2.0.0 · https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/

A2A · MCP · x402

## Skills

### Web Search

Fast web search that returns a list of relevant pages with full text content. Use this when you need to browse multiple sources or gather raw material. Does NOT synthesize an answer — returns pages for you to read. Supports category filtering (news, research paper, company, etc.).

Tags: `search`, `web`, `exa`, `neural`

**Examples:**

```sh
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Search for recent articles about AI agents'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Find research papers on transformer architectures'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Search for news about cryptocurrency regulations'
```

### Deep Search

Thorough search (4-12s) that expands your query, searches broadly, and returns a synthesized answer with grounded citations AND the underlying source pages. Use this when you need a comprehensive, well-researched answer backed by multiple sources. More expensive and slower than web-search, but does the analysis for you.

Tags: `deep`, `search`, `synthesis`, `research`, `exa`

**Examples:**

```sh
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'What are the latest developments in quantum computing?'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Thoroughly research the impact of AI on healthcare'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Compare different approaches to vector databases'
```

### Get Answer

Quick, direct answer to a factual question with source citations. Use this for simple Q&A where you want a concise answer, not a list of pages. Does NOT return full page content — just the answer and citation URLs. Faster and cheaper than deep-search but less thorough.

Tags: `answer`, `qa`, `citations`, `exa`

**Examples:**

```sh
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Who is the CEO of OpenAI?'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'What programming language is Linux written in?'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'When was the Eiffel Tower built?'
```

### Get Content

Extract clean text from a specific URL you already know. Use this when you have a URL and need its content — NOT for searching. Does not search the web.

Tags: `crawl`, `extract`, `content`, `exa`

**Examples:**

```sh
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Get the content of https://example.com/article'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Extract text from this blog post URL'
```

### Find Similar Pages

Given a URL, find other pages that are similar in topic and content. Use this for discovery — finding competitors, related articles, or alternative sources. Requires a URL as input, not a text query.

Tags: `similar`, `related`, `discovery`, `exa`

**Examples:**

```sh
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'Find pages similar to https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00001'
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m 'What sites are similar to techcrunch.com?'
```

## Entrypoints

### A2A Agents

- **agent** `/agent` (free)

### MCP Tools

- **deep-search** `/mcp` — Thorough search (4-12s) that expands your query, searches broadly, and returns a synthesized answer with grounded citations AND the underlying source pages. Use this for comprehensive research. Slower and more expensive than web-search. For simple factual Q&A, use get-answer instead. (paid)
- **find-similar** `/mcp` — Given a URL, find other pages similar in topic and content. Use for discovery — finding competitors, related articles, or alternative sources. Requires a URL as input, NOT a text query. Use web-search if you want to search by keyword. (paid)
- **get-answer** `/mcp` — Quick, direct answer to a factual question with source citations. Returns a concise answer and citation URLs — does NOT return full page content or raw search results. Faster and cheaper than deep-search but less thorough. For browsing pages use web-search, for in-depth research use deep-search. (paid)
- **get-content** `/mcp` — Extract clean text from a specific URL you already have. This is NOT a search tool — it requires a known URL as input. Use web-search or deep-search first if you need to find pages. (paid)
- **web-search** `/mcp` — Fast web search returning a list of relevant pages with full text content. Use this when you need to browse multiple sources or gather raw material. Does NOT synthesize an answer. For Q&A use get-answer, for thorough research use deep-search. (paid)

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Use this agent:

```sh
# Send a message via A2A
npx use-agently a2a send --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/ -m "your prompt here"

# View agent card
npx use-agently a2a card --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/

# List tools via MCP
npx use-agently mcp tools --uri https://exa-ai-search.vercel.app/
```