Connect Exa to OpenClaw on Operator.io
Exa is a data extraction and search platform for gathering and analyzing information from websites, APIs, or databases. It helps teams quickly surface insights and automate data-driven workflows.
Automate Exa with AI
Operator puts an OpenClaw agent in front of Exa. You describe the job from Telegram or Discord and it handles the rest inside Exa, picking the right calls from the 18 Exa actions and checking its own work as it goes.
Your agent reaches Exa directly or through connectors like Composio MCP and Pipedream MCP, which handle the sign in and token refresh for you, so there is nothing to wire up and no API keys to paste.
What your agent can do with Exa
Your agent can call any of these Exa actions by name as part of a larger task. Ask for the outcome you want and it picks the right ones.
Generate an answer
Generates a direct, citation-backed answer to a clear natural language question or topic using Exa's search, adept at both specific answers and detailed summaries for open-ended queries. Response contains an `answer` field (summary) and...
Create Import
Tool to create a new import to upload data into a Webset. Use when you need to initialize an import before uploading the data file.
Create a Monitor
Tool to create a new Monitor. Use when you need to schedule automated updates for a Webset without manual runs.
Create Research Task
Creates an asynchronous research task that explores the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns results with citations. The API responds immediately with a researchId for polling completion status. Use this when you need...
Create Webset
Tool to create a new Webset with search, import, and enrichment setup. Use when you need to configure and seed a Webset in one call.
Delete import
Tool to delete an existing import. Use when you need to permanently remove an import by its ID.
Delete webset
Tool to delete a Webset. Use after confirming the Webset ID to permanently remove the Webset and all its items.
Find similar
Finds web pages semantically similar to a given URL using embeddings-based search, optionally retrieving full text, highlights, or summaries for results.
Get API Key
Tool to retrieve details of a specific API key by its ID. Use when you need to fetch information about an API key in the team management context.
Get contents from URLs or document IDs
Retrieves configurable text and highlights from a list of Exa document IDs or publicly accessible URLs. Calls may partially succeed — always inspect the per-item `statuses` array for errors like CRAWL_NOT_FOUND, CRAWL_LIVECRAWL_TIMEOUT,...
Get Event
Tool to get details of a specific event by its ID. Use when you have an event ID and need its full details.
Get Research Task
Tool to retrieve the status and results of a previously created research task. Use the unique researchId returned from POST /research/v1 to poll until the task is finished.
List events
Tool to list all events that have occurred in the system. Use when you need to paginate through the event history.
List imports
Tool to list all imports for the Webset. Use when you need to paginate through and monitor import jobs.
List research tasks
Tool to retrieve a paginated list of your research tasks. Use when you need to view or monitor research jobs with cursor-based pagination.
List webhooks
Tool to list all webhooks for Websets. Use when you need to view existing webhooks and paginate through results.
Search
Performs a web search using the Exa engine, useful for queries requiring advanced filtering, specific content categories, or AI-optimized prompting. Returns snippets and metadata only — use EXA_GET_CONTENTS_ACTION on returned URLs to ret...
Update import
Tool to update an import configuration by ID. Use when you need to modify an import's title or metadata.
How to connect Exa
You authorize Exa once from your dashboard. Operator holds the connection and refreshes the access tokens on its own, so your agent keeps working with Exa without you signing in again. The same setup unlocks every other app your agent can reach, so you only do it once.
When you are ready, the get started guide walks through standing up your OpenClaw agent.
Common questions about Exa
- How do I connect Exa to Operator?
- Connecting Exa is a one time sign in from your Operator dashboard. Operator keeps the connection live and rotates the token on its own, so the agent stays connected to Exa and you never reauthorize by hand.
- Can my agent pull and update data in Exa?
- Yes. It can read records, write new ones, and answer questions about what is stored. Point it at Exa and ask for a figure or a list, or have it keep a table in step with another app you have connected, all in plain language.
- Do I need to write code or manage Exa API keys?
- No. Operator manages the Exa connection and token refresh, so there are no API keys to paste and nothing to deploy.
- Can my agent use Exa together with my other apps?
- Yes. The same agent reaches every app you connect, so it can move between Exa and tools like Posthog, Gosquared, Google Analytics in one job, reading from one and acting in another without you wiring anything between them.
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