Exa Skill Pack

30 Claude Code skills for Exa neural search API integration — from first query to production RAG pipelines

Exa is a neural search API at api.exa.ai that retrieves web content using semantic similarity. Unlike traditional search engines, Exa understands query meaning and returns contextually relevant results with full text, highlights, and AI-generated summaries.

SDK: exa-js (npm) / exa-py (PyPI) | Auth: x-api-key header | Rate limit: 10 QPS default

Installation

/plugin install exa-pack@claude-code-plugins-plus

What You Get

| Tier | Skills | Focus | |------|--------|-------| | Standard (S01-S12) | Install, hello world, search, similarity, SDK patterns, errors, debug, rate limits, security, dev loop, checklist, upgrades | Core integration | | Pro (P13-P18) | CI/CD, deployment, event monitoring, performance, cost, reference architecture | Production readiness | | Flagship (F19-F24) | Multi-env, observability, incident runbook, data handling, RBAC, migration | Enterprise operations | | Flagship+ (X25-X30) | Advanced debugging, load testing, reliability, policy guardrails, architecture variants, pitfalls | Scale and resilience |

Core Exa Methods Covered

| Method | Skill | Purpose | |--------|-------|---------| | exa.search() | core-workflow-a | Metadata-only search (URL, title, score) | | exa.searchAndContents() | core-workflow-a | Search + text/highlights/summary extraction | | exa.findSimilar() | core-workflow-b | Find pages similar to a seed URL | | exa.findSimilarAndContents() | core-workflow-b | Similarity search + content extraction | | exa.getContents() | core-workflow-b | Retrieve content for known URLs | | exa.answer() | core-workflow-b | AI-generated answer with web citations | | exa.streamAnswer() | core-workflow-b | Streaming answer with citations |

Search Types

| Type | Latency | Best For | |------|---------|----------| | instant | < 150ms | Real-time autocomplete | | fast | < 425ms | Speed-critical UI | | auto | 300-1500ms | General purpose (default) | | neural | 500-2000ms | Semantic/conceptual queries | | deep | 2-5s | Maximum coverage | | deep-reasoning | 5-15s | Complex research |

Quick Start

import Exa from "exa-js";
const exa = new Exa(process.env.EXA_API_KEY);

// Search with content extraction
const results = await exa.searchAndContents(
  "best practices for building RAG pipelines",
  {
    type: "neural",
    numResults: 5,
    text: { maxCharacters: 2000 },
    highlights: { maxCharacters: 500 },
    summary: { query: "key takeaways" },
  }
);

Skills Reference

Standard (S01-S12)

| Skill | Trigger | |-------|---------| | exa-install-auth | "install exa", "setup exa", "exa API key" | | exa-hello-world | "exa example", "first exa query" | | exa-local-dev-loop | "exa dev setup", "exa test setup" | | exa-sdk-patterns | "exa patterns", "exa best practices" | | exa-core-workflow-a | "exa search", "exa neural search", "searchAndContents" | | exa-core-workflow-b | "exa find similar", "exa answer", "getContents" | | exa-common-errors | "exa error", "exa 429", "debug exa" | | exa-debug-bundle | "exa debug", "exa support bundle" | | exa-rate-limits | "exa rate limit", "exa throttling" | | exa-security-basics | "exa security", "secure exa key" | | exa-prod-checklist | "exa production", "exa go-live" | | exa-upgrade-migration | "upgrade exa", "update exa-js" |

Pro (P13-P18)

| Skill | Trigger | |-------|---------| | exa-ci-integration | "exa CI", "exa GitHub Actions" | | exa-deploy-integration | "deploy exa", "exa Vercel", "exa Docker" | | exa-webhooks-events | "exa monitor", "exa content alerts" | | exa-performance-tuning | "exa performance", "exa latency" | | exa-cost-tuning | "exa cost", "reduce exa costs" | | exa-reference-architecture | "exa architecture", "exa RAG pipeline" |

Flagship (F19-F24)

| Skill | Trigger | |-------|---------| | exa-multi-env-setup | "exa environments", "exa dev prod" | | exa-observability | "exa monitoring", "exa metrics" | | exa-incident-runbook | "exa incident", "exa outage" | | exa-data-handling | "exa data", "exa cache", "exa RAG context" | | exa-enterprise-rbac | "exa access control", "exa team keys" | | exa-migration-deep-dive | "migrate to exa", "switch to exa" |

Flagship+ (X25-X30)

| Skill | Trigger | |-------|---------| | exa-advanced-troubleshooting | "exa deep debug", "exa latency spike" | | exa-load-scale | "exa load test", "exa capacity" | | exa-reliability-patterns | "exa reliability", "exa fallback" | | exa-policy-guardrails | "exa policy", "exa content filter" | | exa-architecture-variants | "exa blueprint", "exa at scale" | | exa-known-pitfalls | "exa mistakes", "exa anti-patterns" |

Key Resources

• Exa API Documentation
• exa-js SDK
• Exa Dashboard
• Exa Pricing

License

MIT