What can an AI agent do with Exa?

An Exa AI agent can search the web using natural language, find pages semantically similar to a given URL, retrieve full page contents, and filter results by category, all automatically. It's well-suited for research, competitive intelligence, and any workflow where an AI agent needs accurate, up-to-date web information rather than stale training data.

How is Exa different from a regular search API?

Traditional search APIs match keywords. Exa uses neural embeddings to understand meaning, so it surfaces results that are conceptually relevant even when they don't share exact keywords. This makes it much more useful for AI agents doing open-ended research.

What kinds of content can Exa search?

Exa can search the general web and also supports category-filtered searches for news, research papers, GitHub repositories, PDFs, and more. You can scope searches by date to ensure freshness.

Does my AI agent store the web content it retrieves?

Web content fetched by Exa is processed during task execution but not permanently stored. Only task outputs: summaries, reports, extracted data - are saved to your run history.

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AI agent for Exa

An AI agent that searches the web with neural precision for research and intelligence workflows.

Your AI agent for Exa searches the web using neural embeddings to find semantically relevant content, not just keyword matches. An ideal AI agent for competitive research, trend monitoring, lead discovery, and gathering up-to-date information from across the web. Write actions always require your approval.

Standard search APIs return keyword matches. Exa returns meaning, making it the right tool for AI agents that need to understand context, not just find documents. Whether you're tracking competitors, researching a topic, or finding similar content at scale, Exa returns high-quality results that are actually useful.

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What your AI agent can do with Exa

Read-only actions run automatically. Write actions require your approval.

Read-only actions

Search the web using neural embeddings to find semantically relevant pages

find similar

Find web pages similar to a given URL using neural similarity

get contents

Retrieve the full text content of one or more web pages by URL

search by category

Search within specific content categories like news, research papers, or tweets

search and get contents

Run a search and immediately retrieve the full text of the top results

Example workflows with Exa

Real tasks you can run on a schedule or on demand.

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monitor competitors by searching for recent news and product updates on a weekly schedule

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research a topic in depth by finding and reading the most semantically relevant articles

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find similar companies or content to a given example for lead generation or benchmarking

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gather up-to-date information from the web to ground AI-generated reports in real sources

How to connect Exa

Create a free m8tes account.

Connect Exa

Click Connect and complete the OAuth flow or enter your API key.

Create a task

Give your AI agent a task that uses Exa. It handles the rest.

Exa AI agent: FAQ

Common questions about using an AI agent with Exa.

Build an AI agent for Exa

Connect Exa to an autonomous AI agent that reads data, runs tasks on schedule, and delivers structured output.

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Build an AI agent that uses Exa alongside your other tools.

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