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Search for research papers and academic content using Exa advanced search. Full filter support including date ranges and text filtering. Use when searching for academic papers, arXiv preprints, or scientific research.

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Web Search Advanced - Research Paper Category

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use 
web_search_advanced_exa
with 
category: "research paper"
. Do NOT use other categories or tools.

Full Filter Support

The 
research paper
category supports ALL available parameters:

Core

  • query
    (required)
  • numResults
  • type
    ("auto", "fast", "deep", "neural")

Domain filtering

  • includeDomains
    (e.g., ["arxiv.org", "openreview.net"])
  • excludeDomains

Date filtering (ISO 8601)

  • startPublishedDate
    / 
    endPublishedDate
  • startCrawlDate
    / 
    endCrawlDate

Text filtering

  • includeText
    (must contain ALL)
  • excludeText
    (exclude if ANY match)
Array size restriction: 
includeText
and 
excludeText
only support single-item arrays. Multi-item arrays (2+ items) cause 400 errors. To match multiple terms, put them in the 
query
string or run separate searches.

Content extraction

  • textMaxCharacters
    / 
    contextMaxCharacters
  • enableSummary
    / 
    summaryQuery
  • enableHighlights
    / 
    highlightsNumSentences
    / 
    highlightsPerUrl
    / 
    highlightsQuery

Additional

  • userLocation
  • moderation
  • additionalQueries
  • livecrawl
    / 
    livecrawlTimeout
  • subpages
    / 
    subpageTarget

Token Isolation (Critical)

Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:
  • Agent calls 
    web_search_advanced_exa
    with 
    category: "research paper"
  • Agent merges + deduplicates results before presenting
  • Agent returns distilled output (brief markdown or compact JSON)
  • Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

When to Use

Use this category when you need:
  • Academic papers from arXiv, OpenReview, PubMed, etc.
  • Scientific research on specific topics
  • Literature reviews with date filtering
  • Papers containing specific methodologies or terms

Examples

Recent papers on a topic:
web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "transformer attention mechanisms efficiency",
  "category": "research paper",
  "startPublishedDate": "2024-01-01",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "auto"
}
Papers from specific venues:
web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "large language model agents",
  "category": "research paper",
  "includeDomains": ["arxiv.org", "openreview.net"],
  "includeText": ["LLM"],
  "numResults": 20,
  "type": "deep"
}

Output Format

Return:
  1. Results (structured list with title, authors, date, abstract summary)
  2. Sources (URLs with publication venue)
  3. Notes (methodology differences, conflicting findings)