Web Search Advanced – Personal Site Category

Tool Restriction (Critical)

ONLY use web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site". Do NOT use other categories or tools.

Full Filter Support

The personal site category supports ALL available parameters:

Core

• query (required)
• numResults
• type (“auto”, “fast”, “deep”, “neural”)

Domain filtering

• includeDomains
• excludeDomains (e.g., exclude Medium if you want independent blogs)

Date filtering (ISO 8601)

• startPublishedDate / endPublishedDate
• startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate

Text filtering

• includeText (must contain ALL)
• excludeText (exclude if ANY match)

Array size restriction: includeText and excludeText only support single-item arrays. Multi-item arrays (2+ items) cause 400 errors. To match multiple terms, put them in the query string or run separate searches.

Content extraction

• textMaxCharacters / contextMaxCharacters
• enableSummary / summaryQuery
• enableHighlights / highlightsNumSentences / highlightsPerUrl / highlightsQuery

Additional

• additionalQueries
• livecrawl / livecrawlTimeout
• subpages / subpageTarget – useful for exploring portfolio sites

Token Isolation (Critical)

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

• Agent calls web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site"
• Agent merges + deduplicates results before presenting
• Agent returns distilled output (brief markdown or compact JSON)
• Main context stays clean regardless of search volume

When to Use

Use this category when you need:

• Individual expert opinions and experiences
• Personal blog posts on technical topics
• Portfolio websites
• Independent analysis (not corporate content)
• Deep dives and tutorials from practitioners

Examples

Technical blog posts:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "building production LLM applications lessons learned",
  "category": "personal site",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "deep",
  "enableSummary": true
}

Recent posts on a topic:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "Rust async runtime comparison",
  "category": "personal site",
  "startPublishedDate": "2025-01-01",
  "numResults": 10,
  "type": "auto"
}

Exclude aggregators:

web_search_advanced_exa {
  "query": "startup founder lessons",
  "category": "personal site",
  "excludeDomains": ["medium.com", "substack.com"],
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "auto"
}

Output Format

Return:

1. Results (title, author/site name, date, key insights)
2. Sources (URLs)
3. Notes (author expertise, potential biases, depth of coverage)