exa-context

• [Overview](#overview)
• [Installation](#installation)
• [Usage](#usage)
• [What's Included](#whats-included)
• [Documentation](#documentation)
• [Example Workflows](#example-workflows)
• [License](#license)
• [Support](#support)

Three specialized skills that help Claude use [Exa.ai](https://exa.ai) via the [exa-ruby](https://github.com/benjaminjackson/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)

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](https://dashboard.exa.ai) - note: Exa has usage-based pricing)
2. exa-ai Ruby gem:

```bash

gem install exa-ai

```

1. Set your API key:

```bash

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

```

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

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]

```

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

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/](./exa-core/) - 5 core search commands
• [exa-research/](./exa-research/) - 3 async research commands
• [exa-websets/](./exa-websets/) - 28 commands for data collection

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]

```

MIT License - see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)

• Author: Benjamin Jackson ([@benjaminjackson](https://github.com/benjaminjackson))
• Issues: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/benjaminjackson/exa-skills/issues)
• Exa.ai: [Exa Documentation](https://docs.exa.ai)
• Claude Code: [Claude Code Documentation](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code)