Exa Tools
Built-inExa is an agent friendly search engine, focusing on data extraction and search, helping teams gather, analyze, and visualize information from websites, APIs, or internal databases.
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Pricing and payment
- Pricing
- $0.005-$0.20 / call for 5 paid Actions.
- Unified payment
- Supported for 5 of 17 listed Actions through your Aident USD balance.
Use Exa Tools with AI agents
Aident Loadout lets Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other supported agents call Exa Tools. Choose from 17 supported Actions. Review each execution in Audit. Some supported Exa Tools Actions can use Aident-managed access. Other Actions follow the provider setup requirements shown by Loadout.
Included Actions
- Exa AnswerGenerates a direct, citation-backed answer to a clear natural language question or topic using Exa's search, adept at both specific answers and detailed summaries for open-ended queries. Response contains an `answer` field (summary) and a `citations` field (supporting URLs). Cit…
- Exa Create ImportTool to create a new import to upload data into a Webset. Use when you need to initialize an import before uploading the data file.
- Exa Create MonitorTool to create a new Monitor. Use when you need to schedule automated updates for a Webset without manual runs.
- Exa Create ResearchCreates an asynchronous research task that explores the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns results with citations. The API responds immediately with a researchId for polling completion status. Use this when you need to generate: 1. Structured JSON matching a…
- Exa Create WebsetTool to create a new Webset with search, import, and enrichment setup. Use when you need to configure and seed a Webset in one call.
- Exa Delete ImportTool to delete an existing import. Use when you need to permanently remove an import by its ID.
- Exa Delete WebsetTool to delete a Webset. Use after confirming the Webset ID to permanently remove the Webset and all its items.
- Exa Get Api KeyTool to retrieve details of a specific API key by its ID. Use when you need to fetch information about an API key in the team management context.
- Exa Get Contents ActionRetrieve text / highlights / summary / subpages from URLs. The endpoint returns HTTP 200 even when individual URLs fail — always inspect `statuses[]` for CRAWL_NOT_FOUND, CRAWL_LIVECRAWL_TIMEOUT, SOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE. Control freshness with `maxAgeHours` (0 = always livecrawl, -…
- Exa Get EventTool to get details of a specific event by its ID. Use when you have an event ID and need its full details.
- Exa Get ResearchTool to retrieve the status and results of a previously created research task. Use the unique researchId returned from POST /research/v1 to poll until the task is finished.
- Exa List EventsTool to list all events that have occurred in the system. Use when you need to paginate through the event history.
- Exa List ImportsTool to list all imports for the Webset. Use when you need to paginate through and monitor import jobs.
- Exa List ResearchTool to retrieve a paginated list of your research tasks. Use when you need to view or monitor research jobs with cursor-based pagination.
- Exa List WebhooksTool to list all webhooks for Websets. Use when you need to view existing webhooks and paginate through results.
- Exa SearchWeb search via the Exa engine. Returns ranked results with optional per-result text/highlights/summary (set the nested `contents` object). For agent workflows prefer `contents.highlights=true` — 10× fewer tokens than full text. Pick `type` by latency tier: `instant`~250 ms · `fa…
- Exa Update ImportTool to update an import configuration by ID. Use when you need to modify an import's title or metadata.
Skills that use Exa Tools
Related use cases
- Fact-check AI research with current sourcesTurn an AI-generated report into a claim ledger, retrieve independent evidence, and record a reviewable verdict for each material claim.
- Research a market and email a sourced briefCollect current primary evidence, synthesize a concise market brief, and send only the reviewed version.
- Verify prospects before outreachCheck public company and role evidence before drafting a relevant email, while keeping sending behind approval.
- Track AI industry trends across web and XCombine current web sources with recent public conversation to distinguish durable changes from short-lived attention.