What can ModuleX do with Exa Search?

A ModuleX agent can run any of Exa Search's 4 actions, across searches, contents, similars and answers, from a plain-English request, using your organization's own Exa Search credentials.

Does the Exa Search integration need a pre-built workflow?

No. The agent selects the right Exa Search action from your prompt. A workflow is only needed when you want a repeatable process, and the composer builds that for you from a description.

How does ModuleX authenticate with Exa Search?

Via your own Exa Search API key, stored encrypted and scoped to your organization.

How many Exa Search actions are available?

4, spanning searches, contents, similars and answers.

Is Exa Search free to use in ModuleX?

Exa Search runs on your own credentials, so any Exa Search usage is billed by Exa Search directly. ModuleX meters the agent run, and if you connect your own model keys there's no ModuleX markup on model usage.

Exa Search integration

Web Search & Scraping · 4 actions · API key or ModuleX-managed key auth

AI-powered semantic search engine for intelligent web search, content extraction, similarity matching, and answer generation

Put Exa Search to work View Exa Search integration docs

The ModuleX Exa Search integration lets a ModuleX agent operate Exa Search on your behalf, running find actions across searches, contents and similars, directly from a plain-English request, using your organization's own Exa Search credentials. No pre-built workflow is required: the agent picks the right Exa Search action for the task.

Exa Search is a web search & scraping platform. ModuleX adds the agent layer: ask for an outcome and it selects and runs the right Exa Search action. Or, when you want a repeatable process, the composer assembles a Exa Search workflow for you, streaming the nodes onto the canvas as it builds.

Drive Exa Search in plain English

Type what you want. A ModuleX agent picks the right Exa Search action, or chains several, and runs it. No workflow to build.

“Show me the searches that match what I describe”
resolves tosearch
“Extract full page contents, summaries, and metadata from a list of URLs”
resolves toget_contents
“Find pages similar to a given URL using semantic similarity”
resolves tofind_similar

What you can automate with Exa Search

Find the searches that match what you describesearch
Look up a content on demandget_contents
Find the similars that match what you describefind_similar

Exa Search integration at a glance

VendorExa Search

CategoryWeb Search & Scraping

Actions available4

AuthenticationAPI key or ModuleX-managed key

Uses your own credentialsYes

Works with the assistantYes

Works in the composerYes

Multi-step / tool-chainingYes

Technical referenceView docs

Integration version1.0.0

Last updatedJul 2026

All 4 Exa Search actions

Searches1

search

Perform semantic web search using Exa's AI-powered search engine. Supports multiple search types (auto, neural, deep, fast) and category filtering.

Contents1

get_contents

Extract full page contents, summaries, and metadata from a list of URLs. Uses cached results with optional live crawling.

Similars1

find_similar

Find pages similar to a given URL using semantic similarity. Ideal for discovering related content, competitive analysis, and research expansion.

Answers1

answer

Get an AI-generated answer to a question informed by Exa search results. Provides accurate answers with citations from authoritative sources.

See full parameters and response schemas in the Exa Search integration docs

Two ways to use Exa Search in ModuleX

Ask the assistantType what you want done and a ModuleX agent picks the right Exa Search action and runs it. No workflow to build.

Compose a workflowNeed it to happen every time? Describe the process and the composer wires Exa Search into a repeatable workflow you can run on a schedule, from chat, or as an API.

Connecting Exa Search

API keyExa Search uses API-key authentication. You provide your own Exa Search secret key; ModuleX encrypts it and scopes it to your organization, so your whole team can use Exa Search without re-authenticating.

ModuleX-managed keyExa Search runs on a ModuleX-managed key, so there's nothing to set up. It works the moment you enable it, with usage metered through your ModuleX account.

Step-by-step setup in the Exa Search docs

Works with Exa Search

Agents often chain Exa Search with these. Connect them once and one agent can use all of them in a single task.

Tavily Search3 actions

Airweave1 action

Recipes that use Exa Search

Build a one-pager on a company before you meet themA one-pager combining public background with your own record, reusable by whoever meets them next. Built for anyone walking into a meeting knowing only the company name.4 steps · on demand

Enrich a new lead before anyone calls itA lead record with the basics already filled in, and a note of where each field came from. Built for a sales team where half the inbound records arrive as a name and an email.5 steps · on every new record

Exa Search + ModuleX FAQ

A ModuleX agent can run any of Exa Search's 4 actions, across searches, contents, similars and answers, from a plain-English request, using your organization's own Exa Search credentials.