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exa/answer

Get a direct, cited answer to a question. Retrieve relevant sources and generate a direct answer or detailed summary with source citations.

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API README

Exa Answer

Get a direct, cited answer to a question. Retrieves relevant sources and generates a direct answer or detailed summary with source citations.

Highlights

Cited answers — Returns a natural-language answer with inline source citations, so you can verify claims.

Multiple retrieval modes — Choose from auto, fast, instant, deep-lite, deep, or deep-reasoning to balance speed vs. quality.

Structured output — Optionally supply a JSON Schema to get structured answers instead of free text.

Full citation text — Include the full page text of each citation for deeper context.

Pricing

$0.08 per request.

When to Use

✅ Good fit❌ Consider alternatives
Agent Q&A workflowsReal-time chat completions
Research fact-checkingCreative writing
RAG with citationsImage/video analysis
Report generationBroad web crawling

Technical Specs

SpecValue
InputNatural language question
OutputAnswer string + citations array
Retrieval modesauto, fast, instant, deep-lite, deep, deep-reasoning
Structured outputOptional via outputSchema
ExecutionSync (direct response)
ProviderExa (api.exa.ai)

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