Semantic Web Search (Exa)
search.semantic.webRead-onlyIdempotent
Find conceptually related web pages using semantic search. Filter by category, domain, or date range. Returns relevance scores and highlighted excerpts.
Instructions
Neural/semantic web search — finds conceptually related pages, not just keyword matches. Supports category filters (company, research paper, news, people, tweet), domain filtering, date range. Returns relevance scores and highlighted excerpts (Exa)
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Natural language search query — Exa finds semantically related pages, not just keyword matches | |
| num_results | No | Number of results (default 10, max 25) | |
| type | No | Search type: "auto" (balanced), "neural" (semantic similarity), "keyword" (traditional). Default: auto | |
| category | No | Category filter for specialized indexes (optional) | |
| include_domains | No | Only include results from these domains (e.g. ["arxiv.org"]) | |
| exclude_domains | No | Exclude results from these domains | |
| start_published_date | No | Filter: only results published after this date (ISO format, e.g. "2025-01-01") | |
| end_published_date | No | Filter: only results published before this date | |
| include_text | No | Include full extracted page text in results (default false — saves tokens) | |
| include_highlights | No | Include key sentence highlights (default true) |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | No | Tool response payload. Shape varies per tool — consult the tool description and inputSchema. May be an object, array, string, or number depending on the upstream provider response. | |
| error | No | Present only when the call failed. Includes error code, message, request_id, and any provider-specific extras. |