# Search

Exa

Search the web by natural-language query and return relevant pages with optional content.

## Use this tool with your AI agent

1. Copy the prompt
2. Paste it into your agent
3. Tell it what you need

Read https://scrollport.com/start. Use my existing Scrollport connection, or help me connect if needed. Help me use Search (tool ID: exa.search). Ask me for the details you need, then show me the result.

**Already connected:** Your agent can use that connection.

**New user:** Your agent will guide you through setup, sign-in and authorisation.

Provider access is included.

Connect your first agent to receive $1 trial credit.

**Job:** [Search the web](https://scrollport.com/tools/web-search-api)

**Current price:** $0.0098/request

**Availability:** Ready to run

## Tool details

**About this tool**

Search the web semantically and return ranked sources with titles, public URLs, publication details and optional extracted text.

**Inputs and outputs**

### Input

`numResults` integer · optional

Value supplied for num results.

minimum: 1 · maximum: 100

`query` string · required

Search terms used to find relevant records.

minLength: 1

`text` boolean · optional

Value supplied for text.

### Output

`results` array

Returned results value.

**Example request and output**

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

### Request

```
{
  "tool_id": "exa.search",
  "input": {
    "text": true,
    "query": "recent breakthroughs in solid-state batteries",
    "numResults": 5
  }
}
```

### Output

```
{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-026-02226-w",
      "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-026-02226-w",
      "text": "Researchers report that a nanoscale grain-boundary interphase improved fracture toughness, ionic conductivity and cycling performance in garnet-electrolyte solid-state batteries.",
      "title": "Nanoengineered doping overcomes sintering and grain-boundary limitations in all-solid-state lithium batteries with garnet electrolytes | Nature Nanotechnology",
      "publishedDate": "2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Errors and limitations**

- `invalid_input`: query is requiredexample: {"query":"solid-state batteries","numResults":5}

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