Add Exa AI as a third web search provider alongside Brave and Perplexity. Exa is a search API built for AI agents with optional page text extraction. Config: - provider: "exa" - exa.apiKey (or EXA_API_KEY env var) - exa.contents (default: true) - include page text - exa.maxChars (default: 1500) - chars per result
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Exa AI
Clawdbot can use Exa AI for the web_search tool. Exa is a search API
built for AI agents.
Get an API key
- Create an account at https://exa.ai/
- Generate an API key at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys
- Store the key in config (recommended) or set
EXA_API_KEYin the Gateway environment.
Config example
{
tools: {
web: {
search: {
provider: "exa",
exa: {
apiKey: "your-exa-api-key"
}
}
}
}
}
Options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
contents |
Include page text in results; when false, only URLs and titles are returned | true |
maxChars |
Max characters of page text per result; higher values provide more context but use more tokens | 1500 |
See Web tools for the full web_search configuration.