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Genesis supports Exa AI as a web_search provider. Exa offers neural, keyword, and hybrid search modes with built-in content extraction (highlights, text, summaries).

Get an API key

Create an account

Sign up at [exa.ai](https://exa.ai/) and generate an API key from your
dashboard.

Store the key

Set `EXA_API_KEY` in the Gateway environment, or configure via:

```bash
genesis configure --section web
```

Config

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      exa: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "exa-...", // optional if EXA_API_KEY is set
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "exa",
      },
    },
  },
}

Environment alternative: set EXA_API_KEY in the Gateway environment. For a gateway install, put it in ~/.genesis/.env.

Tool parameters

query (string)

Search query.

count (number)

Results to return (1–100).

type ('auto' | 'neural' | 'fast' | 'deep' | 'deep-reasoning' | 'instant')

Search mode.

freshness ('day' | 'week' | 'month' | 'year')

Time filter.

date_after (string)

Results after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

date_before (string)

Results before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

contents (object)

Content extraction options (see below).

Content extraction

Exa can return extracted content alongside search results. Pass a contents object to enable:

await web_search({
  query: "transformer architecture explained",
  type: "neural",
  contents: {
    text: true, // full page text
    highlights: { numSentences: 3 }, // key sentences
    summary: true, // AI summary
  },
});
Contents option Type Description
text boolean | { maxCharacters } Extract full page text
highlights boolean | { maxCharacters, query, numSentences, highlightsPerUrl } Extract key sentences
summary boolean | { query } AI-generated summary

Search modes

Mode Description
auto Exa picks the best mode (default)
neural Semantic/meaning-based search
fast Quick keyword search
deep Thorough deep search
deep-reasoning Deep search with reasoning
instant Fastest results

Notes

  • If no contents option is provided, Exa defaults to { highlights: true } so results include key sentence excerpts
  • Results preserve highlightScores and summary fields from the Exa API response when available
  • Result descriptions are resolved from highlights first, then summary, then full text — whichever is available
  • freshness and date_after/date_before cannot be combined — use one time-filter mode
  • Up to 100 results can be returned per query (subject to Exa search-type limits)
  • Results are cached for 15 minutes by default (configurable via cacheTtlMinutes)
  • Exa is an official API integration with structured JSON responses

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