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Instantly Add Live Web Search to Your Tempo Project with Exa AI

Need live, factual data for your AI application? Exa AI now plugs directly into your Tempo project via the MCP App Store.

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4 Core Funcitons (Read more at https://docs.exa.ai/reference/getting-started)

/SEARCH ->
Find webpages using Exa’s embeddings-based or Google-style keyword search. /CONTENTS ->
Obtain clean, up-to-date, parsed HTML from Exa search results. /FINDSIMILAR ->
Based on a link, find and return pages that are similar in meaning. /ANSWER ->
Get direct answers to questions using Exa’s Answer API.

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Connect Exa in under 5 minutes

  1. Add Supabase Gives your project a secure, always‑on memory for storing search results, user prefs, or chat history.
  2. Open the MCP App Store Click Exa → Connect.
  3. Create an API key Log in at https://dashboard.exa.ai → API Keys → Create new key. Copy it.
  4. Paste & Save Drop the key into Tempo and you’re live—no SDKs, no servers.
  5. Search away Use the built‑in function calls or Tempo prompt builder to fetch data on demand.
API key = Secret pass that proves your app has permission to ask Exa for data.

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Five projects to try this weekend

  1. Fact‑Checked Chatbot
User asks a question → Exa /SEARCH finds top 5 sources → /CONTENTS grabs article snippets → GPT‑4 crafts an answer with citations → Slack replies.
  1. Real‑Time Market Scanner
Exa filters finance news published today → Supabase stores headlines → Gmail sends alert if your watchlist companies pop up.
  1. Academic Research Assistant
Search category=“papers” for “diffusion models” → Notion auto‑creates a reading list with abstracts and links.
  1. Competitor Feature Tracker
Run a weekly Exa search on rival blog domains → /FINDSIMILAR highlights new pages → OpenAI summarizes key updates in Google Docs.
  1. SEO Gold Miner
Give Exa a high‑ranking article URL → /FINDSIMILAR surfaces related pages → GPT suggests gaps you can fill → Vercel deploys draft post. Dive in, connect Exa, and let your app read the internet for you. Happy building! 🌐🚀