Connect Exa to AI agents

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Supported Tools

Tools22Triggers1

delete_enrichment

Delete Enrichment

Remove an enrichment from a Webset. This stops the enrichment from running on future items.

get_webset_item

Get Webset Item

Retrieve a specific item from a Webset by its ID, including all properties and enrichment results.

find_similar

Find Similar

Find web pages similar in meaning to a given URL. Useful for competitor analysis, discovering related content, or building recommendation systems. Supports filtering by domains, dates, and text content. Optionally retrieve full text, highlights, and summaries.

list_websets

List Websets

List all Websets in your account. Supports cursor-based pagination.

get_export_status

Get Export Status

Check the status of a Webset export job. When completed, returns a download URL.

create_webset

Create Webset

Create a new Webset — a structured collection of web entities discovered by Exa's search agents. Define a search query and criteria; Exa finds matching web entities and verifies them. Optionally include enrichments to extract additional structured data from found items.

export_webset

Export Webset

Export all items from a Webset to CSV, JSON, or XLSX format. The export runs asynchronously — use the returned export ID to check completion status.

create_research

Create Research

Start an asynchronous in-depth web research task. Exa explores the web, gathers sources, and synthesizes findings into a structured report with citations. Returns a research ID for polling the status. Use the **Get Research Status** tool to check completion and retrieve results. Optionally provide an output schema for structured JSON results.

update_webset

Update Webset

Update a Webset's title, external ID, or metadata.

create_enrichment

Create Enrichment

Add an enrichment to a Webset. Enrichments are agents that search the web to enhance Webset items with additional structured data. Define what data to extract and its expected format (text, number, date, etc.). The enrichment runs on all existing and future items.

list_webset_items

List Webset Items

List items in a Webset. Each item represents a web entity found and verified by Exa's search agents. Items include source URLs, properties, and enrichment results. Supports cursor-based pagination and status filtering.

cancel_webset

Cancel Webset

Cancel all running operations on a Webset, including active searches and enrichments.

delete_webset

Delete Webset

Permanently delete a Webset and all its items, searches, enrichments, and monitors.

delete_monitor

Delete Monitor

Delete a monitor from a Webset, stopping its scheduled operations.

create_monitor

Create Monitor

Create a monitor on a Webset to automatically keep it updated on a schedule. **Search** behavior runs new searches to find fresh content with automatic deduplication. **Refresh** behavior updates existing items by re-running enrichments. Schedules use cron expressions.

get_contents

Get Contents

Retrieve content from a list of URLs without performing a search. Extracts full text as markdown, key highlights, and AI-generated summaries from web pages. Useful when you already have specific URLs and need to extract their content.

get_research_status

Get Research Status

Check the status of an asynchronous research task and retrieve its results when completed. Returns the current status, and when completed, the full research output with content and cost information.

delete_webset_item

Delete Webset Item

Remove a specific item from a Webset.

get_webset

Get Webset

Retrieve details of a specific Webset by its ID, including status, metadata, and associated searches, enrichments, and monitors.

answer_question

Answer Question

Get a direct AI-generated answer to a question with citations from the web. Exa searches the web and synthesizes an answer backed by source references. Ideal for factual questions, research queries, and getting quick answers grounded in web sources.

update_enrichment

Update Enrichment

Update an enrichment's description or format on a Webset.

web_search

Web Search

Search the web using Exa's AI-native search engine. Supports neural search, auto mode, fast search, and deep search with query expansion. Use **categories** to focus on specific content types like companies, people, news, tweets, or research papers. Filter results by domains, dates, and text content. Optionally retrieve full text, highlights, and summaries inline.

More integrations teams use with Exa

GitHub

Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests. Create and configure branches, star repositories, review code, and merge changes. Automate CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions, manage workflow runs, secrets, and artifacts. Track issues with labels, milestones, and assignees. Search across code, repositories, issues, and users. Manage organizations, teams, and memberships. Create and manage projects, gists, packages, deployments, and environments. Access security alerts including code scanning, secret scanning, and Dependabot alerts. Read and write file contents in repositories. Manage webhooks, notifications, and codespaces.

Sharepoint

Manage SharePoint sites, document libraries, lists, and files. Create, read, update, and delete lists and list items with custom columns. Upload, download, move, copy, and version files in document libraries. Search across sites, files, folders, lists, and list items using Microsoft Search. Manage permissions at site, list, and item levels with granular access control. Define and manage content types and site columns. Subscribe to webhooks for list and library change notifications. Retrieve site properties and search for sites across Microsoft 365.

Salesforce

Manage CRM data including Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Cases, and custom objects. Create, read, update, and delete records. Query data using SOQL and search across objects using SOSL. Perform bulk data operations for large-scale imports, exports, and migrations. Execute composite requests to batch multiple operations in a single API call. Access analytics, reports, and dashboards. Manage files and attachments associated with records. Interact with Chatter feeds, posts, and groups for social collaboration. Subscribe to real-time change events via Change Data Capture and Platform Events. Manage org metadata including custom objects, fields, layouts, and workflows. Query data using GraphQL for precise data retrieval across related objects.

Airtable

Create, read, update, and delete records in Airtable bases and tables. Manage base schemas including creating tables and fields. Filter records using formulas, sort by fields, and scope queries to specific views. Upsert records to find, create, or update in a single call. Upload attachments to records, read and write record comments, list accessible bases, and receive real-time base change events through webhooks.

Bitbucket

Manage Git repositories, pull requests, and CI/CD pipelines on Bitbucket Cloud. Create, fork, and configure repositories within workspaces and projects. Create, review, approve, merge, and decline pull requests with inline code comments. Browse source code, list commits, and manage branches and tags. Track issues with the built-in issue tracker. Trigger, monitor, and manage Bitbucket Pipelines. List workspace members, configure repository default reviewers and branch restrictions, create and manage repository webhooks, and search code across repositories.

Heroku

Deploy, manage, and scale applications on Heroku's cloud platform. Create and configure apps, scale dynos, provision add-ons (databases, caching, etc.), manage configuration variables, build and release code, add custom domains and SSL certificates, manage collaborators and team permissions, configure pipelines for continuous delivery, set up log drains, and sync data with Salesforce via Heroku Connect. Subscribe to webhooks for real-time notifications on app changes, builds, releases, dyno lifecycle events, and more.

Technical notes for Exa

Search the web using AI-native neural and keyword search methods. Extract full text, highlights, and summaries from web pages. Find similar pages based on a given URL. Get AI-generated answers to questions with citations. Automate in-depth web research and receive structured results with citations. Build and manage Websets—structured collections of web entities found, verified, and enriched by search agents. Import data into Websets, enrich items with additional structured data, schedule monitors for continuous updates, and export results to CSV, JSON, or XLSX. Configure webhooks for Webset lifecycle events.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about connecting Exa to AI agents with Metorial.

  1. Can Metorial connect Exa to AI agents?
    Yes. Metorial connects AI agents to Exa through a governed integration layer, so teams can use the provider while keeping access controlled and observable.
  2. Metorial is MCP compatible and lets teams expose approved provider tools to MCP-capable agents and clients through a controlled access layer.
  3. Metorial applies policies across users, groups, providers, agents, and individual tools, then records the context around every agent interaction.
  4. Yes. Metorial records provider activity so teams can inspect tool calls, troubleshoot integrations, and give security teams the visibility they need.