Company Research
Tool Restriction (Critical)
ONLY use web_search_advanced from Exa. Do NOT use web_search_exa or any other Exa tools.
Token Isolation (Critical)
Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:
- •Agent runs Exa search internally
- •Agent processes results using LLM intelligence
- •Agent returns only distilled output (compact JSON or brief markdown)
- •Main context stays clean regardless of search volume
Dynamic Tuning
No hardcoded numResults. Tune to user intent:
- •User says "a few" → 10-20
- •User says "comprehensive" → 50-100
- •User specifies number → match it
- •Ambiguous? Ask: "How many companies would you like?"
Query Variation
Exa returns different results for different phrasings. For coverage:
- •Generate 2-3 query variations
- •Run in parallel
- •Merge and deduplicate
Categories
Use appropriate Exa category:
- •company → homepages, gargantuan amount of metadata such as headcount, location, funding, revenue
- •news → press coverage
- •tweet → social presence
- •people → LinkedIn profiles (public data)
Public LinkedIn via Exa: category "people", no other filters Auth-required LinkedIn → use Claude in Chrome browser fallback
Browser Fallback
Auto-fallback to Claude in Chrome when:
- •Exa returns insufficient results
- •Content is auth-gated
- •Dynamic pages need JavaScript
Models
- •haiku: fast extraction (listing, discovery)
- •opus: synthesis, analysis, browser automation