Exa Skills

AI-powered search, code context, and data collection for Claude Code via Exa.ai.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Installation
• Usage
• What's Included
• Documentation
• Example Workflows
• License
• Support

Overview

Three specialized skills that help Claude use Exa.ai via the exa-ruby library:

• exa-core: Core search commands (search, find-similar, answer, context, get-contents)
• exa-research: Async research task management
• exa-websets: Data collection and automation (websets, enrichments, imports, monitors)

Installation

Install from the Claude Code plugin marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add benjaminjackson/exa-skills
/plugin install exa-core@exa-skills

Or browse and install via the /plugin menu.

Prerequisites:

1. Exa API key (get one from dashboard.exa.ai - note: Exa has usage-based pricing)

2. exa-ai Ruby gem:

   gem install exa-ai

3. Set your API key:

   export EXA_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

The plugin provides all three skills (exa-core, exa-research, exa-websets) in one install.

Usage

The skills activate automatically when you use the exa-ruby library with Claude:

You: "Use exa to search for AI safety research"
Claude: [Uses exa-core skill with best practices]

You: "Create a webset to track competitors"
Claude: [Uses exa-websets skill]

You: "Start a research task analyzing ML trends"
Claude: [Uses exa-research skill]

What's Included

exa-core

• Core search methods (search, find_similar, answer, context, get_contents)
• Schema validation
• Custom summary queries
• Best practices for Ruby API usage

exa-research

• Async research task workflows
• Multiple research models (fast, default, pro)
• Structured output
• Event logging

exa-websets

• Build and manage data collections
• Enrich with structured fields
• Import CSV data
• Automate with monitors
• 28 commands across the websets ecosystem

Documentation

Each skill includes:

• SKILL.md: Quick reference loaded when skill is invoked (~120-135 lines)
• reference/: Detailed per-command documentation loaded when needed

Browse the documentation:

• exa-core/ - 5 core search commands
• exa-research/ - 3 async research commands
• exa-websets/ - 28 commands for data collection

Example Workflows

Search and Extract

You: "Search for 'AI research papers' and extract titles and summaries"
Claude: [Uses exa-core with the Ruby client]

Build Collection

You: "Create a webset of SaaS companies, enrich with website URLs and team size, then set up daily monitoring"
Claude: [Uses exa-websets via the Ruby API]

Research Task

You: "Research the top 5 programming languages for 2024 and return as structured data"
Claude: [Uses exa-research with structured output]

License

MIT License - see LICENSE

Support

• Author: Benjamin Jackson (@benjaminjackson)
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Exa.ai: Exa Documentation
• Claude Code: Claude Code Documentation