ActionExaUpdated September 2026

How do I get a grounded answer from Exa?

Short answer: You can exa answer in Exa by hand from its own interface, but it won’t repeat itself. On TinyCommand, add the Exa Exa Answer action to a workflow, map its 3 inputs from any upstream app, and it runs automatically every time the trigger fires. No code, and a free tier to start.

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Exa Answer in Exa — start free

Inputs

The fields this action accepts.

Every field can be mapped from an upstream trigger, AI step, table row, or hard-coded literal.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Question query	string	Required	What is the latest research on quantum error correction?
Stream stream	options	Optional	Stream. Options: No, Yes (SSE)
Model model	options	Optional	Model. Options: Exa, Exa Pro

Sample request

{
  "query": "What is the latest research on quantum error correction?",
  "stream": "{{trigger.stream}}",
  "model": "{{trigger.model}}"
}

Returns

{
  "answer": "Quantum error correction has...",
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "abc",
      "url": "https://x.com",
      "title": "T"
    }
  ]
}

Use these fields in downstream nodes for routing, logging, or error handling.

Triggered by

Apps that pair well as the trigger for Exa Answer.

Any of these apps can fire this action as part of a workflow.

2 Google Sheets triggers

HubSpot → Exa

18 HubSpot triggers

FAQ

Questions about Exa Answer.

What does the Exa Answer action do in Exa?

Exa's RAG-as-a-service — pass a question, get back a synthesised answer with source citations. Saves the search + retrieve + LLM-summarise chain by bundling all three server-side. For "agent needs to look something up" workflows.

What inputs does Exa Answer require?

Required: Question. Every input accepts a static value or a variable from any upstream node in your workflow.

Can I use dynamic inputs from earlier workflow nodes?

Yes. Any field on this action can pull values from upstream nodes, whether that's a form response, a trigger payload, an AI output, or a lookup result.

What happens if Exa returns an error?

The run history shows the failed step with its input and the error message Exa returned, so you can fix the input and run the workflow again. Automatic retries are built into HTTP steps only, where you can also set your own retry count and delay.

Does Exa Answer support batch operations?

Run Exa Answer inside a loop to process each item in an array. TinyCommand does not throttle calls for you, so for large arrays add a Delay step if you need to stay within Exa's rate limits.

More actions

Other Exa actions.

Action

Exa Find Similar

Pass a reference URL, get back semantically similar pages. Useful for content discovery ("find articles like this one"), competitive intel ("find similar blog posts to our hero piece"), and LLM grounding ("find related sources before answering").

Action

Exa Get Contents

Fetches and cleans the full text of one or more specific URLs. The right path when you already have the URLs (from elsewhere or from Search) and want Exa's text extraction for downstream LLM consumption.

Action

Exa Neural Search

Semantic web search — favours content depth and topical relevance over keyword exactness. Returns URLs with titles and summaries. Use include_answer to bundle LLM synthesis, include_raw_content to fetch the cleaned text inline.

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