Exa research run

Query

Natural-language question or instructions for the requestRequired · query

Accept

Set to `text/event-stream` to receive server-sent events (application/json or text/event-stream)Optional · Accept

Exa beta

Comma-separated beta feature tokens for opting into experimental featuresOptional · Exa-Beta

System prompt

Additional instructions that guide generated output or agent behaviorOptional · systemPrompt

Effort

Metered effort with an enforced provider budget (auto or ultra)Optional · effort

Input

Records to process and records or entities to exclude from the answerOptional · input

Output schema

An objectOptional · outputSchema

Previous run ID

Agent run IDOptional · previousRunId

Metadata

Caller-provided metadata stored with the runOptional · metadata

Data sources

Exa Connect data providers to enable for the runOptional · dataSources

Budget

An objectOptional · budget

Price

Usage based, at the cost the provider reports for the call

Billing

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $100. Your agent sees the maximum before running.

Price checked

8 October 2026

Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.

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cURL command

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TypeScript

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Tool ID

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• Exa answer with citationsExaUsage based
• Firecrawl agent execution traceFirecrawlFree
• Firecrawl agent output snapshotFirecrawlFree
• Firecrawl related research papersFirecrawlUsage based
• Firecrawl research paper readerFirecrawlUsage based
• Firecrawl research paper searchFirecrawlUsage based
• Start a Firecrawl agent taskFirecrawl$0.0025/credit
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