Exa (web search)

Use Exa to search the web from an Agent. Exa is available as the built-in Exa tool and as a provider for the AI Search Flow step.

Exa searches the web with neural and keyword algorithms. It returns relevant content with optional summaries, highlights, and full text.

Set up Exa

Runtype supports platform keys for Exa. You can use the integration without adding your own API key. To use your own Exa account, follow these steps:

1. Create an account at Exa.
2. Get an Exa API key.
3. In Runtype, go to Settings > Integrations.
4. Find Exa.
5. Enter your Exa API key.
6. Click Save Key.

Add Exa to an Agent

To add Exa to an Agent, follow these steps:

1. Open your Agent and go to the Capabilities tab.
2. In the Tools section, click Configure Tools.
3. Select Exa in the Built-in Tools category.
4. Click Apply Changes.

When you use Exa in a Flow, add the AI Search step and select Exa as the provider.

Configure Exa

The built-in tool accepts the following parameters:

Use cases

Use Exa for the following tasks:

• Research current information across web sources.
• Verify claims against web sources.
• Find reference material for content creation.
• Find companies or contacts for lead generation.

Next steps

Continue with these pages:

• Built-in tools: add Exa and other tools to Agents and Flows.
• Flow step types overview: use Exa with the AI Search step.
• Firecrawl (web scraping): extract content from pages that Exa finds.
• What are Agents?: build an Agent that uses Exa.