How do I connect Exa?

Add the Exa piece to a flow, then authenticate with API key. Once connected, its 1 trigger and 9 actions are available anywhere in the builder.

What can I automate with Exa?

"New Search Monitor Results" can start a flow that runs "Get Contents", and you can chain Exa together with any of 760+ other apps and AI steps in between.

Can I self-host the Exa integration?

Yes. Activepieces is fully self-hostable, so you can run the Exa piece on your own infrastructure with your connections and your data staying in your environment.

Can my AI agent use Exa as a tool?

Yes. Every piece you connect can be exposed over one Activepieces MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client can call Exa actions as tools.

Exa integration

AI-powered search and content extraction from the web.

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Actions: 9
Triggers: 1
Auth: API key
License: MIT, open source
Updated: October 2026

About the Exa integration

Add the Exa piece to a flow, connect your account once, and the rest of the builder can read from it and write to it. Because the piece is open source you can run it on our cloud or self-host it, and combine Exa with 760+ other apps in the same flow.

Triggers

Start a flow the moment something happens in Exa

Each trigger below can start a flow on its own, either instantly or on a schedule.

New Search Monitor Results
Runs a search on a schedule and triggers with the new results Exa found since the last run.
9 fields

Actions

Everything Activepieces can do in Exa

Drop any of these into a flow and fill in the fields. No code is required.

Get Contents
Retrieve clean HTML content from specified URLs.
10 fields
Ask AI
Provides direct answers to queries by summarizing results.
5 fields
Perform Search
Search the web using semantic or keyword-based search.
17 fields
Find Similar Links
Find pages similar to a given URL.
10 fields
Start Agent Run
Starts an Exa Agent run for deep research, list building or structured extraction. The run works in the background; use Get Agent Run to read the result.
7 fields
Get Agent Run
Gets the status and result of an Exa Agent run. Use it after Start Agent Run, for example behind a Delay step.
1 field
List Agent Runs
Lists your team's Exa Agent runs, newest first, one page at a time.
2 fields
Cancel Agent Run
Cancels a queued or running Exa Agent run right away. The run returns no results, and usage so far is still billed.
1 field
Custom API Call
Make a custom API call to a specific endpoint
10 fields

Use Exa in a flow

Connect Exa once and every trigger and action above is yours to drop into the builder, alongside 760+ other apps. Free to start, on our cloud or your own servers.

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Exa, answered.

Yes. Activepieces is open source and free to start, and the Exa piece is included on every plan, from the free cloud tier to any self-hosted deployment.

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