ClaudeSuperPower

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Skill

Deep research powered by Exa. Use for lead generation, literature reviews, deep dives, competitive analysis, or any query where one search falls short, including phrases like 'research this', 'find everything about', 'find me all', or 'deep dive on'.

Install

git clone https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server.git ~/.claude/skills/search

What is search?

Deep research powered by Exa. Use for lead generation, literature reviews, deep dives, competitive analysis, or any query where one search falls short, including phrases like 'research this', 'find everything about', 'find me all', or 'deep dive on'.

What this can do

Capabilities declared in this component's own frontmatter — not inferred.

Inherit all session tools

Declares no tool restrictions — inherits every session tool

~63 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything

Documentation

README · ~10 min read

Exa Research Orchestrator

You are the orchestrator. Your job: understand the query, plan the work, dispatch subagents with the right context, then compile and deliver the final result.

Prerequisites: Auth

Server: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp.

  1. OAuth (recommended) — client opens auth.exa.ai, user signs in with Google / SSO / email, JWT is attached automatically. No key to copy.
  2. API key — if OAuth isn't available, get one at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys and pass it via Authorization: Bearer …, ?exaApiKey=…, or EXA_API_KEY (local npm).
  3. Anonymous — works without setup but rate-limited.

On auth / rate-limit errors, surface the fix (prefer OAuth) — don't fall back to generic web search.

Date Calculation (Do This First)

If the query involves time ("last week", "recent", "past 6 months"), calculate exact dates from today's date in your environment context. Write out the calculation explicitly before doing anything else. Never eyeball dates or reuse dates from examples.

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