Exa - Neural Web Search
Powerful AI-powered search with LinkedIn, news, research papers, and more.
Setup
Create ~/.clawdbot/credentials/exa/config.json:
json
{"apiKey": "your-exa-api-key"}
Commands
General Search
bash
bash scripts/search.sh "query" [options]
Options (as env vars):
- •
NUM=10- Number of results (max 100) - •
TYPE=auto- Search type: auto, neural, fast, deep - •
CATEGORY=- Category: news, company, people, research paper, github, tweet, pdf, financial report - •
DOMAINS=- Include domains (comma-separated) - •
EXCLUDE=- Exclude domains (comma-separated) - •
SINCE=- Published after (ISO date) - •
UNTIL=- Published before (ISO date) - •
LOCATION=NL- User location (country code)
Examples
bash
# Basic search bash scripts/search.sh "AI agents 2024" # LinkedIn people search CATEGORY=people bash scripts/search.sh "software engineer Amsterdam" # Company search CATEGORY=company bash scripts/search.sh "fintech startup Netherlands" # News from specific domain CATEGORY=news DOMAINS="reuters.com,bbc.com" bash scripts/search.sh "Netherlands" # Research papers CATEGORY="research paper" bash scripts/search.sh "transformer architecture" # Deep search (comprehensive) TYPE=deep bash scripts/search.sh "climate change solutions" # Date-filtered news CATEGORY=news SINCE="2026-01-01" bash scripts/search.sh "tech layoffs"
Get Content
Extract full text from URLs:
bash
bash scripts/content.sh "url1" "url2"