exa-hello-world
Create a minimal working Exa search example with real results. Use when starting a new Exa integration, testing your setup, or learning basic search, searchAndContents, and findSimilar patterns. Trigger with phrases like "exa hello world", "exa example", "exa quick start", "simple exa search", "first exa query". '
Profile →npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill exa-hello-world --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Exa Hello World ## Overview Minimal working examples demonstrating all core Exa search operations: basic search, search with contents, find similar, and get contents. Each example is runnable standalone. ## Prerequisites - `exa-js` SDK installed (`npm install exa-js`) - `EXA_API_KEY` environment variable set - Node.js 18+ with ES module support ## Instructions ### Step 1: Basic Search (Metadata Only) ```typescript import Exa from "exa-js"; const exa = new Exa(process.env.EXA_API_KEY); // Basic search returns URLs, titles, and scores — no page content const results = await exa.search("best practices for building RAG pipelines", { type: "auto", // auto | neural | keyword | fast | instant numResults: 5, }); for (const r of results.results) { console.log(`[${r.score.toFixed(2)}] ${r.title}`); console.log(` ${r.url}`); } ``` ### Step 2: Search with Contents ```typescript // searchAndContents returns text, highlights, and/or summary with each result const results = await exa.searchAndContents( "how transformers work in large language models", { type: "neural", numResults: 3, text: { maxCharacters: 1000 }, highlights: { maxCharacters: 500, query: "attention mechanism" }, summary: { quer
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- Instructions
- Step 1: Basic Search (Metadata Only)
- Step 2: Search with Contents
- Step 3: Find Similar Pages
- Step 4: Get Contents for Known URLs
- Output
- Error Handling
- Examples
- Complete Runnable Script
- Resources
- Next Steps
What does the exa-hello-world skill do?
Create a minimal working Exa search example with real results. Use when starting a new Exa integration, testing your setup, or learning basic search, searchAndContents, and findSimilar patterns. Trigger with phrases like "exa hello world", "exa example", "exa quick start", "simple exa search", "first exa query". '
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill exa-hello-world --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,630 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.