Exa

These are the Exa actions available to the apps you build with Snow. Connecting an account does not make Snow run these on its own.

• Create a Monitor

  Tool to create a new Monitor. Use when you need to schedule automated updates for a Webset without manual runs.

• 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 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 to generate: 1. Structured JSON matching an outputSchema you provide 2. A detailed markdown report when no schema is provided After creation, poll the research task status using the researchId to retrieve the final results when completed.

• 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 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.

• 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 a `citations` field (supporting URLs). Citations may include low-credibility sources; verify authoritative references for factual use.

• 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, CRAWL_UNKNOWN_ERROR, or SOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE. Retrieved text is nested under `results

• 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.

• 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 retrieve full page content. No pagination; issue multiple calls with varied queries or date windows for broader coverage. IMPORTANT CONSTRAINTS: - includeDomains and excludeDomains are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE: You can use ONE or the OTHER, but NEVER both in the same request. Providing both will cause a validation error. TYPE-SPECIFIC PARAMETER COMPATIBILITY: - type='keyword': Fast exact matching. Does NOT support useAutoprompt, includeDomains, or excludeDomains. - type='neural': AI semantic search. Supports all parameters including useAutoprompt and domain filters. - type='auto': Smart routing. Supports all parameters.

• Delete import

  Tool to delete an existing import. Use when you need to permanently remove an import by its ID.

• 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.

• List webhooks

  Tool to list all webhooks for Websets. Use when you need to view existing webhooks and paginate through results.

• Update import

  Tool to update an import configuration by ID. Use when you need to modify an import's title or metadata.