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Exa Search

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benedictking·vlatest·other·MIT

Exa-Search by benedictking rapidly analyzes massive datasets to uncover hidden patterns and insights beyond traditional search capabilities.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add benedictking/exa-search --skill exa-search -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

benedictking

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: api.exa.ai.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    api.exa.aiundeclared

    What it found

    • .claude/skills/exa-search/exa-api.cjs:17contacts api.exa.ai
      const API_BASE = 'https://api.exa.ai';

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned benedictking/exa-search at f49762100f.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
f49762100f
Manifest
.claude/skills/exa-search/SKILL.md
Scanned
3 files, 374 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

The exa-search skill allows AI agents to discover and install other skills from the TrustedSkills registry. It facilitates expanding an agent's capabilities by dynamically integrating new functionalities based on user needs or automated workflows. This enables agents to adapt and evolve their skillset over time, without requiring manual code modifications.

When to use it

  • Expanding Agent Capabilities: An agent needs a feature it doesn’t currently possess (e.g., summarization, translation) – use exa-search to find and install a suitable skill.
  • Automated Skill Integration: A system automatically identifies required skills based on task requirements and uses exa-search to deploy them.
  • Dynamic Workflow Adaptation: An agent's workflow changes, requiring new tools; exa-search can locate and integrate the necessary skills to adjust.
  • Skill Discovery & Experimentation: A user wants to explore available skills and quickly test their functionality within an existing agent setup.

Key capabilities

  • Search for skills by author or skill name.
  • Install discovered skills into the agent's environment.
  • Retrieve information about available skills (author, description).

Example prompts

  • "Find a skill by benedictking."
  • "Install a summarization skill."
  • "What skills are available?"

Tips & gotchas

The agent needs appropriate permissions to install new skills. Ensure the agent has access to the TrustedSkills registry and can modify its environment.