feniix/pi-extensions

Personal Site Search (Exa)

Use this skill to find practitioner blogs, independent analysis, personal websites, technical essays, field notes, and non-corporate perspectives.

Tool Selection

Intent	Primary Tool	Notes
Find practitioner blogs by topic	web_search_exa	Start here when you do not already know a source site.
Filter to personal sites only	web_search_advanced_exa with category: "personal site"	Use when available; add date or domain filters when useful.
Find more like this / recommend similar sites	web_find_similar_exa	Use when you already have one strong post or blog URL.
Distill viewpoints across multiple posts	web_research_exa	Use when enabled and synthesis is worth the cost.
Direct one-off answer from discovered sources	web_answer_exa	Use for concise cited answers after the topic is clear.
Pull full article bodies	web_fetch_exa	Fetch selected URLs when snippets are not enough.

If web_search_advanced_exa is unavailable, use web_search_exa with terms like blog, personal site, independent write-up, or practitioner perspective.

When to Use Find-Similar vs Search

• Use web_find_similar_exa for find more like this workflows when you already have a canonical URL that matches the taste, style, or niche you want.
• Use web_search_exa for keyword-based discovery when you are starting from a topic, technology, or opinion and do not yet have a seed URL.
• Use web_search_advanced_exa instead of web_find_similar_exa when you need explicit controls like category: "personal site", domain constraints, or date filtering.

Recommended Settings

• Topic discovery
  • { "query": "Rust async architecture practitioner blog", "numResults": 10 }
• Personal-site category search
  • { "query": "Rust async architecture", "category": "personal site", "excludeDomains": ["medium.com", "substack.com"], "numResults": 15 }
• Similar-source expansion
  • { "url": "https://example.dev/posts/rust-async-architecture", "excludeSourceDomain": true, "numResults": 8 }
• Synthesis
  • { "query": "Compare recommendations from practitioner blogs about Rust async architecture trade-offs.", "systemPrompt": "Prioritize dated posts and independent authors. Distinguish opinion from verified facts and call out disagreement.", "outputSchema": { "type": "text" } }

Query Writing

• Include topic, ecosystem, and audience: postgres indexing practitioner blog, react compiler migration personal blog.
• Prefer wording like blog, personal site, independent write-up, or practitioner perspective when using web_search_exa.
• After finding one excellent source, pivot to web_find_similar_exa instead of repeating broad keyword searches.

Output Guidance

1. Identify author perspective and date.
2. Distinguish opinion claims from verifiable facts.
3. Return the top 3-5 strongest links with a short rationale for each.
4. Call out if results are mostly corporate blogs, content farms, or undated posts.