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company-research

by exa-labsProductivity & Automation

Company research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists. Use when researching companies, doing competitor analysis, market research, or building company lists.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server --skill company-research
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads company-research automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Company Research

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced_exa. Do NOT use web_search_exa or any other Exa tools.

Token Isolation (Critical)

Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:

  • Agent runs Exa search internally
  • Agent processes results using LLM intelligence
  • Agent returns only distilled output (compact JSON or brief markdown)
  • Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

Dynamic Tuning

No hardcoded numResults. Tune to user intent:

  • User says "a few" → 10-20
  • User says "comprehensive" → 50-100
  • User specifies number → match it
  • Ambiguous? Ask: "How many companies would you like?"

Query Variation

Exa returns different results for different phrasings. For coverage:

  • Generate 2-3 query variations
  • Run in parallel
  • Merge and deduplicate

Categories

Use appropriate Exa category depending on what you need:

  • company → homepages, rich metadata (headcount, location, funding, revenue)
  • news → press coverage, announcements
  • people → LinkedIn profiles (public data)
  • No category (type: "auto") → general web results, deep dives, broader context

Start with category: "company" for discovery, then use other categories or no category for deeper research.

Category-Specific Filter Restrictions

When using category: "company", these parameters cause 400 errors:

  • includeDomains / excludeDomains
  • startPublishedDate / endPublishedDate
  • startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate

When searching without a category (or with news), domain and date filters work fine.

Universal restriction: includeText and excludeText only support single-item arrays. Multi-item arrays cause 400 errors across all categories.

LinkedIn

Public LinkedIn via Exa: category: "people", no other filters. Auth-required LinkedIn → use Claude in Chrome browser fallback.

Browser Fallback

Auto-fallback to Claude in Chrome when:

  • Exa returns insufficient results
  • Content is auth-gated
  • Dynamic pages need JavaScript

Examples

Discovery: find companies in a space

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "AI infrastructure startups San Francisco",
  "category": "company",
  "numResults": 20,
  "type": "auto"
}

Deep dive: research a specific company

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "Anthropic funding rounds valuation 2024",
  "type": "deep",
  "numResults": 10,
  "includeDomains": ["techcrunch.com", "crunchbase.com", "bloomberg.com"]
}

News coverage

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "Anthropic AI safety",
  "category": "news",
  "numResults": 15,
  "startPublishedDate": "2024-01-01"
}

LinkedIn profiles

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "VP Engineering AI infrastructure",
  "category": "people",
  "numResults": 20
}

Output Format

Return:

  1. Results (structured list; one company per row)
  2. Sources (URLs; 1-line relevance each)
  3. Notes (uncertainty/conflicts)

FAQ

What does the company-research skill do?

Company research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists. Use when researching companies, doing competitor analysis, market research, or building company lists.

How do I install company-research?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server --skill company-research in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/company-research/ (personal) or .claude/skills/company-research/ (project).

Which AI agents can use company-research?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is company-research safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains company-research?

It is published by exa-labs in exa-labs/exa-mcp-server. It has 93 recorded installs.

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