---
title: "Exa integration for LuumenAI"
url: "https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/exa/"
entity: SoftwareIntegration
category: "Databases & data platforms"
audience: "SRE, DevOps, platform engineering, IT operations"
---

# Exa integration for LuumenAI

Search the web, read sources, and run research tasks from the terminal

## What LuumenAI can do with Exa

LuumenAI connects to Exa with an API token and exposes 19 tools (11 read-only · 6 write · 2 destructive). Reads answer immediately; writes are shown as a plan and require approval by default, configurable per tool by an administrator.

## Key facts

- Authentication: API token
- Tools available: 19 tools (11 read-only · 6 write · 2 destructive)
- Plan: available on all plans
- Category: Databases & data platforms

## About Exa with LuumenAI

Connect Exa and your agent can search the web, pull page text and summaries, and check on research tasks while you stay in the terminal. Useful when an incident points at a vendor status page, a CVE writeup, or a changelog you have not read yet. Research tasks, websets, and imports are changes, so they are previewed and approved before they run.

## Example tools

Read-only (11 in total):

- `EXA_ANSWER` — Generates a direct, citation-backed answer to a clear natural language question or topic using Exa's search, adept at both specific answers and detailed summaries for open-ended queries.
- `EXA_GET_AGENT_RUN` — Retrieve an Agent run to inspect its status, output, citations, usage, or cost.
- `EXA_GET_API_KEY` — Retrieve details of a specific API key by its ID.
- `EXA_GET_CONTENTS_ACTION` — Retrieve text / highlights / summary / subpages from URLs.
- `EXA_GET_EVENT` — Get details of a specific event by its ID.
- `EXA_GET_RESEARCH` — Retrieve the status and results of a previously created research task.
- `EXA_LIST_EVENTS` — List all events that have occurred in the system.
- `EXA_LIST_IMPORTS` — List all imports for the Webset.

Write and destructive (8 in total, approval required by default):

- `EXA_CREATE_AGENT_RUN` — Start an asynchronous Exa Agent run for multi-step web research or enrichment.
- `EXA_CREATE_IMPORT` — Create a new import to upload data into a Webset.
- `EXA_CREATE_MONITOR` — Create a new Monitor.
- `EXA_CREATE_RESEARCH` — Creates an asynchronous research task that explores the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns results with citations.
- `EXA_CREATE_WEBSET` — Create a new Webset with search, import, and enrichment setup.
- `EXA_DELETE_IMPORT` — Delete an existing import.
- `EXA_DELETE_WEBSET` — Delete a Webset.
- `EXA_UPDATE_IMPORT` — Update an import configuration by ID.

## Frequently asked questions

### How does LuumenAI connect to Exa?

Authorize once with API token. Luumen lists the scopes each action needs before you approve the connection, and credentials never appear in the chat.

### Can LuumenAI change things in Exa on its own?

Read actions answer immediately. Anything that writes is shown as a plan and requires approval by default, including the 2 actions classified as destructive. Administrators configure that per tool.

### Is there an audit trail?

Every call to Exa — read or write, approved or declined — is recorded with the actor, the input, and the result.

Full page: https://www.luumen.ai/integrations/exa/