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Agent-native CLI for Exa web search and content retrieval workflows.
Claude Code
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Codex
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Cursor
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Gemini CLI
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GitHub Copilot
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OpenCode
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SKILL.md
cli-anything-exa.SKILL.mdname: "cli-anything-exa"
description: >-
Agent-native CLI for Exa web search and content retrieval workflows.
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
Deep research on a topic
cli-anything-exa --json search "EU AI Act compliance requirements 2024" --type deep --content text
Academic paper discovery
cli-anything-exa --json search "retrieval augmented generation" --category research-paper --num-results 20
Company intelligence
cli-anything-exa --json search "Anthropic funding history" --category company
News monitoring
cli-anything-exa --json search "AI regulation news" --category news --from 2024-01-01
Fetch full content for summarisation
cli-anything-exa --json contents https://example.com/article --content text
Interactive REPL
cli-anything-exa # No subcommand → enters 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`
Read more
name: "cli-anything-exa" description: >- Agent-native CLI for Exa web search and content retrieval workflows.
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
Deep research on a topic
cli-anything-exa --json search "EU AI Act compliance requirements 2024" --type deep --content text
Academic paper discovery
cli-anything-exa --json search "retrieval augmented generation" --category research-paper --num-results 20
Company intelligence
cli-anything-exa --json search "Anthropic funding history" --category company
News monitoring
cli-anything-exa --json search "AI regulation news" --category news --from 2024-01-01
Fetch full content for summarisation
cli-anything-exa --json contents https://example.com/article --content text
Interactive REPL
cli-anything-exa # No subcommand → enters 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`
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