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cli-anything-exa
Agent-native CLI for Exa web search and content retrieval workflows.
Why this skill is useful
Adds a fully functional CLI for Exa API that enables advanced web search and content retrieval capabilities not available in standard workflows.
What it needs
Requires cli-anything-exa, python installed locally. Requires exa account access. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-03. 46,739 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
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 EXAAPIKEY="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 costdollars
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills hkuds/skills--a6376f