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exa-search

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Searches scientific and technical web content with Exa and extracts page or PDF text from URLs in batches. Supports scholarly discovery with the publication category and academic domain filters. Applies to requests to search the web, look up current research, fetch a page, or extract an article using Exa. Semantic search, similar content discovery, and structured research using Exa API. Use when you need semantic/embeddings-based search, finding similar content, or searching by category (company, people, research papers, etc.).

When to use

• When you need semantic/embeddings-based search
• When finding similar content
• When searching by category (company, people, research papers, etc.)

When not to use

• Query and retrieved content may be sent to an external service. Do not include secrets or private customer information without authorization; confirm paid usage scope.
• Search ranking is not evidence quality. Verify material claims at the linked source and report incomplete or unavailable retrieval honestly.
• Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
• Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
• Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

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Conflict

The three copies implement the same Exa search/extract capability but with materially different procedures and constraints. The K-Dense copy is a detailed, versioned toolkit with a specific academic-source strategy, a two-pass scholarly pattern, and a mandatory tracking header. The wanshuiyin copy is a workflow skill with a specific argument-parsing contract, a strict script-resolution chain, and a structured output table. The sickn33 copy is a high-level, safety-focused wrapper that defers to an external connector and adds explicit limitations about data privacy and evidence quality. No single copy contains the full set of steps and constraints found in the others, so crowning one would hide real alternatives.