Personal Site Search (Exa)
Tool
Call the native MCP tool exa-search__web_search_advanced_exa directly with category: "personal site".
Always include category: "personal site".
Full Filter Support
Unlike company or tweet categories, personal site supports ALL parameters:
- Domain:
includeDomains,excludeDomains - Date:
startPublishedDate,endPublishedDate,startCrawlDate,endCrawlDate - Text:
includeText,excludeText(single-item only — multi-item causes 400 error) - Content:
enableSummary,enableHighlights,subpages,subpageTarget
Call Examples
Tool: exa-search__web_search_advanced_exa
# Technical blog posts
{ query: "building production LLM applications lessons learned", category: "personal site",
numResults: 15, type: "deep", enableSummary: true }
# Recent posts only
{ query: "Rust async runtime comparison", category: "personal site",
startPublishedDate: "2025-01-01", numResults: 10, type: "auto" }
# Exclude aggregators, find independent blogs
{ query: "startup founder lessons", category: "personal site",
excludeDomains: ["medium.com","substack.com"], numResults: 15, type: "auto" }
# Portfolio sites with subpages
{ query: "AI engineer portfolio projects", category: "personal site",
numResults: 10, subpages: 2, subpageTarget: "projects" }
When to Use
- Individual expert opinions and experiences
- Personal blog posts on technical topics
- Portfolio websites
- Independent analysis (not corporate content)
- Deep-dives and tutorials from practitioners
Output Format
Return:
- Results — title, author/site name, date, key insights
- Sources — URLs
- Notes — author expertise, potential biases, depth of coverage