Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
Exa Researcher connects to Exa AI's MCP tools to run web searches, company and people lookups, code context extraction, web crawling, and long-running deep research workflows. Each tool is purpose-built for a specific research task rather than being a general-purpose search wrapper.
Specialized tools for companies, people, code, and crawling return more targeted results than a single general web search.
When to use it
- Looking up a competitor's recent news and leadership before a pitch
- Finding subject-matter experts by name or expertise area
- Extracting code examples and API patterns from technical documentation
- Running a multi-source market research project with progress tracking
- Crawling a specific website to aggregate content or analyze its structure
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Research the competitive landscape for AI coding assistants
- 1Identifies three main competitors to analyze
- 2Calls company_research_exa for each competitor to gather overview, products, and recent news
- 3Calls web_search_advanced_exa filtered by recent date range for latest market coverage
- 4Calls deep_researcher_start for a broader trend synthesis across multiple sources
- 5Checks progress with deep_researcher_check and waits for completion
A structured competitive analysis covering each company's positioning, recent activity, and market trends
Requirements
Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.