Introduction
# 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" ```