Overview
exa-search is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by K-Dense-AI. Its author describes it as: “Web toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info —…”. The project has 34k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/exa-search`.
What exa-search does
A skill for web-powered research tasks backed by Exa: web search and URL extraction. Exa's index combines high-quality keyword and semantic retrieval, which makes it well-suited to scientific, technical, and conceptual queries.
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for exa-search is organised into these sections:
- Routing — pick the right capability
- Decision guide
- Academic source priority
- Setup
- Authentication
- Tracking header
- Files in this skill
Installation
Add exa-search to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/exa-searchReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
exa-search is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, an established project with 33,821 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does exa-search do?
- Web toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info — with optional research-paper category and academic domain filtering) and URL extraction (fetching pages, articles, academic PDFs in batch). Use this skill for web-related tasks when the user wants high-quality search or scholarly filtering via category=research paper. Triggers on requests to search, look up, fetch a page, or extract an article.
- How do I install exa-search?
- Run git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills ~/.claude/skills/exa-search in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills before installing.
- Is exa-search free to use?
- Yes. exa-search is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does exa-search come from?
- exa-search ships inside K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, a repository that contains 42 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 33,821 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.