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Tanishq ae29a7eaf9 feat(websearch): add Exa as a web search provider (#8973 )

- Add ExaWebSearchTool (web_search_exa) with keyword/semantic search,
  category filters, domain restrictions, and date range support
- Add ExaGetContentsTool (exa_get_contents) for extracting web page content
- Add _exa_search() and _exa_get_contents() API helpers hitting
  https://api.exa.ai/search and https://api.exa.ai/contents
- Add _EXA_KEY_ROTATOR for multi-key rotation
- Register Exa tools in _apply_web_search_tools() dispatch
- Add Exa to WEB_SEARCH_CITATION_TOOL_NAMES for citation support
- Add websearch_exa_key config default and provider option
- Add i18n metadata for en-US, zh-CN, ru-RU
- Add Exa section to docs (en + zh)
- Add 6 unit tests covering search, contents, error handling, and
  legacy config migration

Closes #5621

2026-06-24 15:53:47 +08:00

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Web Search

The web search feature gives large language models internet retrieval capability for recent information, which can improve response accuracy and reduce hallucinations to some extent.

AstrBot's built-in web search functionality relies on the large language model's function calling capability. If you're not familiar with function calling, please refer to: Function Calling.

When using a large language model that supports function calling with the web search feature enabled, you can try saying:

Help me search for xxx
Help me summarize this link: https://soulter.top
Look up xxx
Recent xxxx

And other prompts with search intent to trigger the model to invoke the search tool.

AstrBot currently supports 6 web search providers: Tavily, BoCha, Baidu AI Search, Brave, Firecrawl, and Exa.

Go to Configuration, scroll down to find Web Search, where you can select Tavily, BoCha, Baidu AI Search, Brave, Firecrawl, or Exa.

Tavily

Go to Tavily to get an API Key, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item.

BoCha

Get an API Key from the BoCha platform, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item.

Baidu AI Search

Get an API Key from Baidu Qianfan APP Builder, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item.

Brave

Get an API Key from Brave Search, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item.

Firecrawl

Go to Firecrawl to get an API Key, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item.

Exa

Go to Exa to get an API Key, then fill it in the corresponding configuration item. Exa is an AI-native search engine that supports keyword and semantic search with category filters, domain restrictions, and date ranges.

If you use Tavily as your web search source, you will get a better experience optimization on AstrBot ChatUI, including citation source display and more:

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