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

pip install git+https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git#subdirectory=exa/agent-harness

Command Reference

search, Web search

cli-anything-exa search "<query>" [OPTIONS]

Options:
  --type       auto|fast|instant|deep|deep-reasoning  (default: auto)
  --num-results / -n   1, 100  (default: 10)
  --category   company|people|research-paper|news|personal-site|financial-report
  --content    highlights|text|summary|none  (default: highlights)
  --freshness  smart|always|never  (default: smart)
  --include-domains DOMAIN   (repeatable)
  --exclude-domains DOMAIN   (repeatable)
  --from DATE   ISO 8601 start published date
  --to   DATE   ISO 8601 end published date
  --location CC  Two-letter country code for geo-bias

contents, Fetch page contents

cli-anything-exa contents <url> [url ...] [--content text|highlights|summary] [--freshness smart|always|never]

server status, Verify API key and connectivity

cli-anything-exa server status

JSON Output

All commands support --json at the root level for machine-readable output:

cli-anything-exa --json search "latest LLM papers" --num-results 5

Common Agent Patterns

Fast keyword lookup

cli-anything-exa --json search "site:arxiv.org transformer architectures" --type fast --content highlights