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name: exa-hello-world description: | Create a minimal working Exa example. Use when starting a new Exa integration, testing your setup, or learning basic Exa API patterns. Trigger with phrases like "exa hello world", "exa example", "exa quick start", "simple exa code". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit version: 1.0.0 license: MIT author: Jeremy Longshore jeremy@intentsolutions.io

Exa Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating core Exa functionality.

Prerequisites

• Completed exa-install-auth setup
• Valid API credentials configured
• Development environment ready

Instructions

Step 1: Create Entry File

Create a new file for your hello world example.

Step 2: Import and Initialize Client

Copyimport { ExaClient } from '@exa/sdk';

const client = new ExaClient({
  apiKey: process.env.EXA_API_KEY,
});

Step 3: Make Your First API Call

Copyasync function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Output

• Working code file with Exa client initialization
• Successful API response confirming connection
• Console output showing:

CopySuccess! Your Exa connection is working.

Error Handling

Examples

TypeScript Example

Copyimport { ExaClient } from '@exa/sdk';

const client = new ExaClient({
  apiKey: process.env.EXA_API_KEY,
});

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Python Example

Copyfrom exa import ExaClient

client = ExaClient()

# Your first API call here

Resources

• Exa Getting Started
• Exa API Reference
• Exa Examples

Next Steps

Proceed to exa-local-dev-loop for development workflow setup.