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Scout then Research

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Recipe · 3 steps

Scout then Research

with Exa

Scout a topic with search, then run and poll a deep research task.

  1. Run a quick search to confirm the topic has live sources and capture a top reference url.
  2. Submit a deep research task with the supplied instructions and model; capture the researchId for polling.
  3. Poll the research task by id until it reaches completed, looping back while it is still running.
What you'll need to have ready
  • apiKey: Your Exa API key, sent in the x-api-key header.
  • query: Scouting search query used to confirm the topic has live sources.
  • instructions: Instructions for the deep research task.
  • model: Research model to use.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow exa-ai:scout-then-research, 3 operations: search → ResearchController_createResearch → ResearchController_getResearch. Specs on APIs.io.

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