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exa-search

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Turn broad questions into sourced, structured research.

web research

What it does

Conducts deep web research by planning Exa searches, delegating work, and compiling the findings.

When to use it

Use for lead generation, literature reviews, deep dives, competitive analysis, and research requiring more than one search.

How to use it

Give it a research question; it returns compiled findings with citations and may ask you to choose the depth when ambiguous.

What you provide

  • a research question

Uses


Access · 1

This skill

public web pages

Read

Searches and reads public pages

Good to know

  • starts 1 helper agents
  • starts helper agents, number unstated
  • sends a credential to a server: JWT; Exa API key

What you need · 3

Requires the Exa MCP server endpoint used for research.

Subagents are required to use the haiku model.

An Exa account optionally enables authenticated access through OAuth or an API key; anonymous access is rate-limited.


About this skill

Visibility
Public
Repository
cline/skills
Created
Oct 8, 2026
Updated
Oct 8, 2026
Files
12