Web Search Advanced - Personal Site Category

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site". Do NOT use other categories or tools.

Full Filter Support

The personal site category supports ALL available parameters:

Core

• •query (required)
• •numResults
• •type ("auto", "fast", "deep", "neural")

Domain filtering

• •includeDomains
• •excludeDomains (e.g., exclude Medium if you want independent blogs)

Date filtering (ISO 8601)

• •startPublishedDate / endPublishedDate
• •startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate

Text filtering

• •includeText (must contain ALL)
• •excludeText (exclude if ANY match)

Array size restriction: includeText and excludeText only support single-item arrays. Multi-item arrays (2+ items) cause 400 errors. To match multiple terms, put them in the query string or run separate searches.

Content extraction

• •textMaxCharacters / contextMaxCharacters
• •enableSummary / summaryQuery
• •enableHighlights / highlightsNumSentences / highlightsPerUrl / highlightsQuery

Additional

• •additionalQueries
• •livecrawl / livecrawlTimeout
• •subpages / subpageTarget - useful for exploring portfolio sites

Token Isolation (Critical)

Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:

• •Agent calls web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site"
• •Agent merges + deduplicates results before presenting
• •Agent returns distilled output (brief markdown or compact JSON)
• •Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

When to Use

Use this category when you need:

• •Individual expert opinions and experiences
• •Personal blog posts on technical topics
• •Portfolio websites
• •Independent analysis (not corporate content)
• •Deep dives and tutorials from practitioners

Examples

Technical blog posts:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "building production LLM applications lessons learned",
  "category": "personal site",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "deep",
  "enableSummary": true
}

Recent posts on a topic:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "Rust async runtime comparison",
  "category": "personal site",
  "startPublishedDate": "2025-01-01",
  "numResults": 10,
  "type": "auto"
}

Exclude aggregators:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "startup founder lessons",
  "category": "personal site",
  "excludeDomains": ["medium.com", "substack.com"],
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "auto"
}

Output Format

Return:

1. •Results (title, author/site name, date, key insights)
2. •Sources (URLs)
3. •Notes (author expertise, potential biases, depth of coverage)