exa-research
Exa Research performs neural web search that understands meaning rather than keywords, offering four distinct actions: find relevant URLs by topic, get cited answers to factual questions, fetch full text from web pages, and discover similar sites. Each call costs $0.012, with content retrieval billed per URL.
Exa Research finds relevant URLs and web pages on any topic using semantic search that understands meaning, not just keywords.
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Install
BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp/exa-research · repository language: TypeScript
git clone https://github.com/BlockRunAI/blockrun-mcp
cp -r blockrun-mcp/skills/exa-research ~/.claude/skills/exa-researchFrequently asked questions
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What is exa-research and how does neural web search for research work?
Exa Research performs neural web search that understands meaning rather than keywords, offering four distinct actions: find relevant URLs by topic, get cited answers to factual questions, fetch full text from web pages, and discover similar sites. Each call costs $0.012, with content retrieval billed per URL.
Can exa-research find academic papers online by topic?
Yes. Exa Research supports searching for and retrieving academic research papers by topic as one of its core intents. The skill uses semantic understanding to locate papers relevant to your research area, complementing its broader web search capabilities.
How does exa-research provide cited answers from web sources?
Exa Research delivers factual answers grounded in real web sources with citations included. When you ask a question, the skill retrieves relevant web pages and returns answers tied to those sources, ensuring transparency about where information comes from.
Can I use exa-research to discover competitor websites and similar pages?
Yes. Exa Research includes competitor discovery as a core capability, allowing you to find competitor websites and discover similar pages to any given URL. This helps identify related sites and understand your competitive landscape through semantic similarity.
Does exa-research support batch URL content extraction and fetching full text?
Yes. Exa Research can extract and fetch full text content from multiple URLs at once, enabling batch processing. This allows you to retrieve webpage text without needing a browser, with content retrieval billed per URL accessed.
What license does exa-research use?
Exa Research is released under the MIT license, allowing broad use and modification while maintaining attribution to the original creators.
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Exa Research
Neural web search via BlockRun. Understands meaning, not keywords. Four distinct actions for different research modes.
How to Call from MCP
As of v0.14.1 the blockrun_exa tool is path-based. Pass the endpoint name as path and the request as body:
```ts blockrun_exa({ path: "search", body: { query: "AI agent frameworks 2026", numResults: 10 } }) blockrun_exa({ path: "answer", body: { query: "What is speculative decoding?" } }) blockrun_exa({ path: "contents", body: { urls: ["https://example.com/a", "https://example.com/b"] } }) blockrun_exa({ path: "find-similar", body: { url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12345", numResults: 5 }
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