Web Search & Research

Add Exa to your AI agent

Exa focuses on data extraction and search, helping teams gather, analyze, and visualize information from websites, APIs, or internal databases

Things your agent can do in Exa
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Things your AI can do in Exa

Your FormWise AI can handle any of these in Exa — on its own, without you needing to click a button.

  • Generate an answer

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    Generates a direct, citation-backed answer to a clear natural language question or topic using Exa's search, adept at both specific answers and detailed summaries for open-ended queries. Response contains an `answer` field (summary) and a `citations` field (supporting URLs). Citations may include low-credibility sources; verify authoritative references for factual use.

  • Create Agent Run

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    Start an asynchronous Exa Agent run for multi-step web research or enrichment. Save the returned ID and poll Get Agent Run until the run reaches a terminal status.

  • Create Import

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    Tool to create a new import to upload data into a Webset. Use when you need to initialize an import before uploading the data file.

  • Create a Monitor

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    Tool to create a new Monitor. Use when you need to schedule automated updates for a Webset without manual runs.

  • Create Research Task

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    Creates an asynchronous research task that explores the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns results with citations. The API responds immediately with a researchId for polling completion status. Use this when you need to generate: 1. Structured JSON matching an outputSchema you provide 2. A detailed markdown report when no schema is provided After creation, poll the research task status using the researchId to retrieve the final results when completed.

  • Create Webset

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    Tool to create a new Webset with search, import, and enrichment setup. Use when you need to configure and seed a Webset in one call.

  • Delete webset

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    Tool to delete a Webset. Use after confirming the Webset ID to permanently remove the Webset and all its items.

  • Get Agent Run

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    Retrieve an Agent run to inspect its status, output, citations, usage, or cost.

  • Get API Key

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    Tool to retrieve details of a specific API key by its ID. Use when you need to fetch information about an API key in the team management context.

  • Get contents from URLs or document IDs

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    Retrieve text / highlights / summary / subpages from URLs. The endpoint returns HTTP 200 even when individual URLs fail — always inspect `statuses[]` for CRAWL_NOT_FOUND, CRAWL_LIVECRAWL_TIMEOUT, SOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE. Control freshness with `maxAgeHours` (0 = always livecrawl, -1 = cache only). Use `subpages` + `subpageTarget` to crawl linked pages within a site in one request.

  • Get Research Task

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    Tool to retrieve the status and results of a previously created research task. Use the unique researchId returned from POST /research/v1 to poll until the task is finished.

  • List events

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    Tool to list all events that have occurred in the system. Use when you need to paginate through the event history.

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  • List imports

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    Tool to list all imports for the Webset. Use when you need to paginate through and monitor import jobs.

  • List research tasks

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    Tool to retrieve a paginated list of your research tasks. Use when you need to view or monitor research jobs with cursor-based pagination.

  • Search

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    Web search via the Exa engine. Returns ranked results with optional per-result text/highlights/summary (set the nested `contents` object; with your own Exa key, `contents.highlights=true` uses about 5× fewer tokens than full text). Composio Instant (managed key) supports only `type=auto`, `numResults` ≤ 10 and no `contents`; other values are rejected. For page text there, pass the result URLs to `EXA_GET_CONTENTS_ACTION`. Pick `type` by latency tier: `instant`~250 ms · `fast`~450 ms · `auto`~1 s (default) · `deep-lite` ~4 s · `deep` 4–15 s · `deep-reasoning` 12–40 s. `includeDomains` and `excludeDomains` are mutually exclusive (max 1200 each). For `category=company` or `category=people`, date and domain filters are not supported; they are dropped and the response says which were removed.

  • Batch Search Monitors

    Delete, pause, or unpause one batch of matching Search API monitors, not Websets monitors. Defaults to dry_run=true: previews matches without changes. Set dry_run=false explicitly to apply the action; deletion is permanent and cannot be undone. When has_more is true, repeat the request until has_more is false to process all matches. Dry-run previews do not consume matches, so repeating a preview does not advance the batch. Does not automatically process further batches.

  • Cancel Agent Run

    Cancel a queued or running Agent run immediately without returning results. Usage accrued before cancellation is still billed. If the run is already terminal, Exa returns the existing run unchanged.

  • Cancel Webset

    Cancel all operations on a Webset, stopping searches and enrichments. The Webset is marked idle; this does not delete the Webset.

  • Cancel Webset Enrichment

    Cancel a running Webset enrichment and return its updated state. All running work for the specified enrichment is canceled. A canceled enrichment cannot be resumed.

  • Cancel Webset Search

    Cancel a running search in a Webset and return its updated state. Cancels only the specified search, not all searches in the Webset.

  • Create API Key

    Create an API key for the authenticated Exa team. Requires Team Management enabled for the team (contact support@exa.ai) and a service API key, not an ordinary search key. Treat the returned key record as sensitive; never log credentials. Creating keys is not idempotent.

  • Create Search Monitor

    Create a Search API monitor that delivers new, deduplicated search results to a webhook. Omit trigger for manual runs only. Save webhookSecret securely: it is returned only at creation. Not a Websets monitor.

  • Create Webhook

    Create a webhook delivering selected events to your URL. Store the signing secret securely: it is returned only on creation, not on later retrievals.

  • Create Webset Enrichment

    Create an enrichment task for items in an existing Webset. Returns the enrichment's current state; creation does not imply completion.

  • Create Webset Search

    Create a search for an existing Webset and return its initial state. Searches run asynchronously. By default, existing results are reused and evaluated against the new criteria; override replaces items, append adds items.

  • Delete Agent Run

    Delete a stored Exa Agent run by ID and return its deletion receipt.

  • Delete API Key

    Delete an API key belonging to the authenticated team using a Team Management service key. Never delete the key authenticating the current connection. Use only a disposable key for testing; deletion revokes the target key's access.

  • Delete import

    Tool to delete an existing import. Use when you need to permanently remove an import by its ID.

  • Delete Search Monitor

    Permanently delete a Search API monitor and return the deleted monitor. This cannot be undone. Not a Websets monitor.

  • Delete Webhook

    Delete a webhook, making its status inactive and stopping future deliveries to its URL. Returns the webhook's updated state.

  • Delete Webset Enrichment

    Delete a Webset enrichment and return the deleted enrichment. Cancels running enrichments and makes all results generated by this enrichment unavailable.

  • Delete Webset Item

    Delete an item from a Webset and return the deleted item. Cancels any enrichment process for the item.

  • Delete Websets Monitor

    Delete a Websets monitor and return the deleted monitor. Uses the Websets API, not the separate Search /monitors API.

  • Get API Key Usage

    Get an Exa API key's total cost and cost breakdown for a time period. Requires Team Management enabled for the team (contact support@exa.ai) and a service API key, not an ordinary search key. Defaults to the last 30 days.

  • Get Event

    Tool to get details of a specific event by its ID. Use when you have an event ID and need its full details.

  • Get Import

    Retrieve an import by ID to inspect its status, entity count, and failure details.

  • Get Search Monitor

    Retrieve a Search API monitor's configuration, status, and next scheduled run by ID. Not a Websets monitor.

  • Get Search Monitor Run

    Retrieve a Search API monitor run's status and full output when completed. Not a Websets monitor run.

  • Get Webhook

    Retrieve a webhook's status, events, destination URL, and metadata by ID. The signing secret is not returned; it is available only on creation.

  • Get Webset

    Retrieve a Webset by ID or external ID, including its status and operations. Set expand to ["items"] to include up to the first 100 items. This does not retrieve additional item pages.

  • Get Webset Enrichment

    Retrieve an enrichment configured on a Webset, including its status, description, format, and options.

  • Get Webset Item

    Retrieve a Webset item by ID, including its properties, evaluations, and enrichments.

  • Get Webset Search

    Retrieve a Webset search by ID to inspect its status, progress, and recall metrics.

  • Get Websets Monitor

    Retrieve a Websets monitor's status, schedule, search behavior, and last run. Uses the Websets API, not the separate Search /monitors API.

  • Get Websets Monitor Run

    Retrieve a Websets monitor run's status, type, timestamps, and failure reason. Uses the Websets API, not the separate Search /monitors API.

  • Get Websets Team Info

    Get the authenticated Websets team's identity, current concurrency usage, and limits.

  • List Agent Run Events

    List one page of stored Exa Agent run events as JSON. Pass nextCursor as cursor when hasMore is true; pagination is not automatic. SSE streaming/replay and its Last-Event-ID header are not exposed.

  • List Agent Runs

    List one page of your team's Exa Agent runs, ordered newest to oldest. Pass the returned nextCursor as cursor to retrieve the next page when hasMore is true. This action does not automatically paginate.

  • List API Keys

    List the authenticated Exa team's API keys, or retrieve one by API key ID. Requires Team Management enabled for the team (contact support@exa.ai) and a service API key, not an ordinary search key. Returns apiKeys without a filter or apiKey with api_key_id; the endpoint has no documented pagination. Treat returned key records as sensitive; never log credentials.

  • List Search Monitor Runs

    List one page of a Search API monitor's runs, newest first, including status and output. Not for Websets monitors. When hasMore is true, pass nextCursor as cursor to retrieve the next page. Does not automatically paginate.

  • List Search Monitors

    List one page of the authenticated team's Search API monitors, not Websets monitors. Filter by status, name, or metadata. When hasMore is true, pass nextCursor as cursor to fetch another page. Does not automatically paginate.

  • List Webhook Attempts

    List one page of a webhook's delivery attempts in descending order. Filter by event type or success status and pass nextCursor as cursor to retrieve another page. Does not automatically paginate.

  • List webhooks

    Tool to list all webhooks for Websets. Use when you need to view existing webhooks and paginate through results.

  • List Webset Items

    List one page of a Webset's items, optionally filtered by source ID. Pass nextCursor as cursor when hasMore is true. Does not automatically paginate.

  • List Websets

    List one page of Websets, optionally filtered by ID, external ID, or title. When hasMore is true, pass nextCursor as cursor to retrieve the next page. This action does not automatically paginate.

  • List Websets Monitor Runs

    List one page of runs for a Websets monitor, including status and timestamps. Uses /websets/v0/monitors/{monitor}/runs, not Search API monitors. Returns hasMore and nextCursor without automatic pagination; the provider documents no pagination request parameters for this operation.

  • List Websets Monitors

    List one page of Websets monitors, optionally filtered by Webset ID. Uses /websets/v0/monitors, not the Search API's /monitors endpoint. Pass nextCursor as cursor when hasMore is true; no automatic pagination.

  • Preview Webset

    Preview how Exa interprets a search before creating a Webset. Returns the detected entity, criteria, and suggested enrichments without creating a Webset. Set search_preview to also search for up to ten preview items.

  • Stop Agent Run

    Complete a running ultra-effort Agent run early and return results gathered so far. Usage accrued before stopping is billed. Only ultra-effort runs support stopping; an already-terminal run is returned unchanged.

  • Trigger Search Monitor

    Trigger an immediate Search API monitor run regardless of its schedule. Works for active or paused monitors. Returns whether triggering succeeded, not the run or its results. Not a Websets monitor.

  • Update API Key

    Update an API key's name, rate limit, or billing-period spending budget. Requires Team Management enabled for the team (contact support@exa.ai) and a service API key, not an ordinary search key. Only keys belonging to the authenticated team can be updated. Omitted fields remain unchanged; pass budgetCents=null to remove the spending budget.

  • Update import

    Tool to update an import configuration by ID. Use when you need to modify an import's title or metadata.

  • Update Search Monitor

    Update a Search API monitor's settings, pause or resume it, or remove its schedule with trigger=null. Only supplied fields change; search and webhook accept partial objects. Not a Websets monitor.

  • Update Webhook

    Update a webhook's destination URL, subscribed events, or metadata. Omitted fields are left unchanged. The signing secret is not returned.

  • Update Webset

    Update a Webset's title or metadata, leaving omitted fields unchanged. Searches, imports, and enrichments are managed through their own endpoints.

  • Update Webset Enrichment

    Update an enrichment's task, format, options, or metadata on a Webset. Omitted fields are left unchanged. Only metadata accepts explicit null.

  • Update Websets Monitor

    Update a Websets monitor's status, schedule, search behavior, or metadata. Omitted fields remain unchanged. Uses the Websets API, not the separate Search /monitors API. Explicit null values are not accepted.

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No code, no engineers

Connect in a few clicks and start using your AI right away. If you can use the apps you already love, you can do this.

Sounds like you, not like a bot

Train your AI on your offer, your voice, and the way you actually talk to clients — it picks up where you leave off.

Plugs into the stack you already use

No need to rip out your CRM, your scheduler, or your email tool. Your AI works inside the apps running your business today.

Your data stays yours

Client conversations, lists, and credentials are scoped to your workspace. Nothing gets shared, sold, or used to train anyone else’s AI.

What you can do once Exa is connected

Onboard new clients without lifting a finger

When someone signs up, your AI greets them, sets up their next step in Exa, and keeps the momentum going — even at 2am.

Reply to leads in seconds, not days

Your AI watches Exa for new inquiries, answers questions in your voice, and books the call before they cool off.

Get your weekends back

Hand off the repetitive Exa work — follow-ups, reminders, updates, simple admin — and stop being the bottleneck in your own business.

How to connect Exa to your agent

  1. 1

    Start using FormWise for free

    Sign up in under a minute.

  2. 2

    Find Exa in your connected apps

    Inside FormWise, open Connectors and look for Exa.

  3. 3

    Hit "Connect"

    Click "Connect Exa" and log in like you normally would. We only ask for the permissions your AI actually needs.

  4. 4

    Tell your AI what to do in Exa

    Build a quick AI Agent (it's like writing instructions, not code), and pick the Exa actions you want your AI to handle.

  5. 5

    Watch it run

    Send it a real-world task and watch your AI take care of Exa for you. Tweak the wording until it feels just right.

Powered by the AI you already trust

Your Exa workflow runs on the same world-class AI used by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. We handle the technical part — you just tell your AI what to do, in plain English.

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Questions other Exa users had before signing up

Do I need to know how to code?

Not even a little. If you can use Exa today, you can set this up. You'll connect Exa, tell your AI what it should help with, and you're live. The whole thing is built for coaches, course creators, agencies, and operators — not engineers.

Will my clients know they're talking to an AI?

Only if you want them to. Your FormWise AI is trained on your voice, your offer, and the way you actually communicate — so it sounds like a thoughtful team member, not a clunky chatbot. Most people can't tell.

Can I make it sound like me?

Yes. You can give your AI examples of how you write, the questions you usually ask new clients, the way you handle objections, and the language you use about your offer. The more you give it, the more it sounds like you wrote it.

What if I want to take over a conversation?

You're always in control. You can step in at any point, take over from your AI, or stop it from sending messages until you've reviewed them. Think of it as a teammate, not a replacement.

Is my client data safe?

Yes. Your Exa login and client information stay scoped to your workspace. We don't sell it, we don't share it, and we don't use your data to train anyone else's AI. You can disconnect Exa or delete everything any time.

What happens when Exa updates their app?

We handle it. When Exa adds new features or changes how something works, we update the integration in the background. You don't have to do anything — your AI just keeps working.

How fast can I actually get this running?

Most people are up and running the same day they sign up. Connecting Exa takes a few minutes. Teaching your AI to handle the work the way you'd want it done is the part worth slowing down for.

What is FormWise?

FormWise is the AI agent builder for coaches, course creators, and agencies. You connect the apps you already use — like Exa — train your AI on your offer and voice, and let it handle the work you've been doing manually: onboarding, follow-ups, support, admin. No code, no developers, no engineering team required.

Can I sell AI agents to my clients?

Yes. A lot of FormWise users build AI assistants and sell them as part of their offer — done-for-you AI setups, white-label assistants for client businesses, custom GPTs trained on a client's brand. You can charge a setup fee, a monthly retainer, or both.

Can I embed my AI on my website or in my course?

Yes. Every AI you build in FormWise can be embedded on your site, dropped into your course platform, or shared as a standalone link. Your clients and students just open it like any other web page — no app to download, no login hoops.

Do I need to know anything about AI to use this?

No. If you can describe what you want your AI to do in plain English — "greet new clients, ask these 3 questions, book them a call" — FormWise can build it. We handle the models, the prompts, the connections. You handle the part you already know: what your business actually needs.

About Exa on FormWise

Exa focuses on data extraction and search, helping teams gather, analyze, and visualize information from websites, APIs, or internal databases

Connect Exa once and your FormWise AI gets 64 things it can do inside it. That means your AI can handle the Exa work in your business — the messages, the updates, the follow-ups, the admin — the way you would, just faster and around the clock.

You don't need to know how any of it works under the hood. We take care of keeping the connection alive, retrying if something fails, and making sure your data only ever moves where you tell it to.

New to Exa? Take a look at exa.ai.

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