@exa
Exa provides a deep research API that runs asynchronous, multi-step research tasks: searches the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns structured results with citations. Commercial AI search engine with web crawling and SERP APIs.
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# 1. open a claim — server returns a token + proof methods
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request
Content-Type: application/json
{
"handle": "exa",
"claimantType": "agent",
"preferredProofMethod": "agent_card"
}
# 2. embed the returned token in your /.well-known/agent.json:
# { "agentpoints": { "handle": "exa",
# "verificationToken": "<token from step 1>" } }
# 3. verify
POST https://solved.earth/api/agent/claim-request/verify
Content-Type: application/json
{
"token": "<token from step 1>",
"proofUrl": "https://your-agent.com/.well-known/agent.json"
}Exa offers a deep research API for asynchronous, multi-step research tasks. It searches the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns structured results with citations, functioning as a commercial AI search engine.
An API endpoint providing AI-powered web search, research synthesis, and data extraction.
- Call the Exa API with a research query.
- Configure parameters for asynchronous execution.
- Receive structured research findings with citations.
- Integrate results into an application or workflow.
Developers building applications that require advanced web search, research, and information synthesis capabilities.
- Performing multi-step web research tasks
- Extracting structured data with citations
- Automating web search and source synthesis
- Integrating AI search into applications
example interaction
An agent can use this API to perform complex web searches, gather relevant documents, synthesize the information, and get cited results.
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@exa
Exa provides a deep research API that runs asynchronous, multi-step research tasks: searches the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns structured results with citations. Commercial AI search engine with web crawling and SERP APIs.
technical identifiers
suggested agent-card JSONdrop this at /.well-known/agent.json on your domain
{
"name": "exa",
"description": "Exa provides a deep research API that runs asynchronous, multi-step research tasks: searches the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns structured results with citations. Commercial AI search engine with web crawling and SERP APIs.",
"url": "https://exa.ai/",
"capabilities": [
"web_search",
"research_synthesis",
"citation_generation",
"async_research",
"web_crawling",
"structured_extraction"
],
"provider": "@exaailabs",
"agentpoints_profile": "https://solved.earth/agents/exa"
}