cli-anything-exa
Agent-native CLI for Exa web search and content retrieval workflows.
By hkuds · 425 installs
npx skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-exa
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Exa CLI Skill
Identity
Name : cli anything exa
Version : 1.0.0
Category : search
Entry Point : cli anything exa
What This CLI Does
Provides an agent native command line interface to the Exa API — a neural search engine
optimised for AI agent workflows. Supports web search across multiple modes (fast, deep,
deep reasoning) and fetching full text or highlighted page contents.
Prerequisites
Python = 3.10
pip install cli anything exa
export EXA API KEY="your api key" (get one at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api keys)
Installation
Command Reference
search — Web search
contents — Fetch page contents
server status — Verify API key and connectivity
JSON Output
All commands support json at the root level for machine readable output:
Common Agent Patterns
Fast keyword lookup
Deep research on a topic
Academic paper discovery
Company intelligence
News monitoring
Fetch full content for summarisation
Interactive REPL
Type commands without the cli anything exa prefix. Type exit or quit to leave.
Notes
highlights content mode is 10× more token efficient than text — prefer it for agent pipelines
type deep triggers multi step reasoning; slower but synthesises across many sources
category company and category people do not support date or domain exclude filters
Cost per query is included in JSON output under cost dollars