Skills

exa-search

exa-search is a skill in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, last changed 1 Oct 2026. It can run shell commands, reach the network, name web addresses and bundle scripts — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit 5f2bc03 on 26 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 5f2bc03 · 26 Oct 2026

Install
From the author
Searches scientific and technical web content with Exa and extracts page or PDF text from URLs in batches. Supports scholarly discovery with the publication category and academic domain filters. Applies to requests to search the web, look up current research, fetch a page, or extract an article using Exa.
Licence
MIT
Repo stars
54.8k
Folder last changed
1 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Publisher
K-Dense-AI
Files
5 files
Checked
5f2bc03 (opens in a new tab) · 26 Oct 2026

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 5f2bc03, the one we checked, or the latest version.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit 5f2bc03, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5f2bc0341354fd5590aef76a533ada1e1e5b4e62 &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/exa-search &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5f2bc0341354fd5590aef76a533ada1e1e5b4e62 &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/exa-search &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/exa-search/. .claude/skills/exa-search/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs (opens in a new tab)

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 5f2bc03. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials

  • Runs shell commands

    Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.

  • Reaches the network

    It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.

  • Names web addresses

    It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.

  • Bundles scripts

    The folder holds code files the agent may run.

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 5f2bc03 · 26 Oct 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 5f2bc03 on 26 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check worksReport an incorrect finding

Outside links we did not follow

  • https://exa.ai
  • https://exa.ai/docs
  • https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-py
  • https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys
  • https://api.exa.ai/contents
  • https://exa.ai/docs/reference/search
  • https://exa.ai/docs/reference/get-contents
  • https://exa.ai/docs/changelog
  • https://api.exa.ai/search
  • https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-py/blob/master/exa_py/api.py
Show 4 more
  • https://doi.org/
  • https://arxiv.org/
  • https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.04088
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07566-y

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

  • Agent Skills specPasses with warnings

    The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.

    • Warning

      metadata values should be text; openclaw (a map) is not. The spec's validator turns them into text; other readers may not. O4

      Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 53: url. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/web-search.md (140 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude CodePasses with warnings

    Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 53: url. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/web-search.md (140 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • Claude apps & API uploadPasses with warnings

    Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 53: url. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

    • Note

      The description is 306 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4

      Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.

    • Note

      metadata values should be text; openclaw (a map) is not. The spec defines metadata as text to text. O4

      Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".

    • Note

      Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/web-search.md (140 lines). B5

      Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.

  • OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings

    Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.

    • Warning

      metadata values should be text; openclaw (a map) is not. OpenAI's upload follows the spec's text-to-text rule. O4

      Fix: Quote each value, for example version: "1.0".

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 53: url. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

  • VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings

    VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.

    • Warning

      Links to files that aren't in the skill folder: line 53: url. B3

      Fix: Add the missing files or correct the paths, relative to SKILL.md.

SKILL.md

Files

5 files

PathSize
SKILL.md (opens in a new tab)6.2 KB
references/web-extract.md (opens in a new tab)3.4 KB
references/web-search.md (opens in a new tab)6.5 KB
scripts/exa_extract.py (opens in a new tab)4.4 KB
scripts/exa_search.py (opens in a new tab)6.4 KB

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