feat(crewai-tools): add highlights to ExaSearchTool, rename from EXASearchTool

* feat(crewai-tools): add highlights to ExaSearchTool, rename from EXASearchTool - Add a highlights init param so agents can get token-efficient excerpts instead of full pages - Rename EXASearchTool to ExaSearchTool; keep EXASearchTool as a deprecated alias so existing imports keep working - Update the docs and example to use highlights as the recommended option - Add a small note that says Exa is the fastest and most accurate web search API - Add tests for the new highlights param and the deprecation alias * fix(crewai-tools): import order and module-level Exa for tests - Reorder std-lib imports so ruff is happy with force-sort-within-sections. - Import Exa at module level (with a fallback) so the existing test mocks resolve. The lazy install prompt still works if exa_py is missing. - Allow content and summary to be a dict, matching highlights. - Trim test file to the cases this PR introduces (highlights param and the EXASearchTool deprecation alias). Existing init-shape tests stay. Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> * chore(crewai-tools): drop self-explanatory comment on schema alias Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> * docs(crewai-tools): default highlights to True, drop summary from examples Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> * docs(crewai-tools): simplify highlights examples to highlights=True Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> * feat(crewai-tools): add x-exa-integration header for usage tracking Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> * docs(crewai-tools): add Exa MCP section and resources links Co-Authored-By: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> --------- Co-authored-by: ishan <ishan@exa.ai> Co-authored-by: Greyson LaLonde <greyson.r.lalonde@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Lorenze Jay <63378463+lorenzejay@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-05 09:12:39 +00:00 · 2026-05-01 18:55:23 +05:30
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--- a/docs/ar/concepts/tools.mdx
+++ b/docs/ar/concepts/tools.mdx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ crew.kickoff()
 | **DirectorySearchTool**          | أداة RAG للبحث في المجلدات، مفيدة للتنقل في أنظمة الملفات.       |
 | **DOCXSearchTool**               | أداة RAG للبحث في مستندات DOCX، مثالية لمعالجة ملفات Word.          |
 | **DirectoryReadTool**            | تسهّل قراءة ومعالجة هياكل المجلدات ومحتوياتها.                 |
-| **EXASearchTool**                | أداة مصممة لإجراء عمليات بحث شاملة عبر مصادر بيانات متنوعة.                |
+| **ExaSearchTool**                | أداة مصممة لإجراء عمليات بحث شاملة عبر مصادر بيانات متنوعة.                |
 | **FileReadTool**                 | تُمكّن قراءة واستخراج البيانات من الملفات، مع دعم تنسيقات ملفات متنوعة.               |
 | **FirecrawlSearchTool**          | أداة للبحث في صفحات الويب باستخدام Firecrawl وإرجاع النتائج.                              |
 | **FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool**    | أداة لزحف صفحات الويب باستخدام Firecrawl.                                                  |
--- a/docs/ar/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
+++ b/docs/ar/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 title: "أداة بحث Exa"
-description: "ابحث في الويب باستخدام Exa Search API للعثور على النتائج الأكثر صلة لأي استعلام، مع خيارات لمحتوى الصفحة الكامل والمقتطفات والملخصات."
+description: "ابحث في الويب باستخدام Exa Search API للعثور على النتائج الأكثر صلة لأي استعلام، مع خيارات لمحتوى الصفحة الكامل والمقتطفات."
 icon: "magnifying-glass"
 mode: "wide"
 ---

-تتيح أداة `EXASearchTool` لوكلاء CrewAI البحث في الويب باستخدام [Exa](https://exa.ai/) search API. تُرجع النتائج الأكثر صلة لأي استعلام، مع خيارات لمحتوى الصفحة الكامل والملخصات المولّدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي.
+تتيح أداة `ExaSearchTool` لوكلاء CrewAI البحث في الويب باستخدام [Exa](https://exa.ai/) search API. تُرجع النتائج الأكثر صلة لأي استعلام، مع خيارات لمحتوى الصفحة الكامل والمقتطفات الموفرة للرموز.

 ## التثبيت

@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ export EXA_API_KEY='your_exa_api_key'

 ## مثال على الاستخدام

-إليك كيفية استخدام `EXASearchTool` مع وكيل CrewAI:
+إليك كيفية استخدام `ExaSearchTool` مع وكيل CrewAI:

 ```python
 import os
 from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import ExaSearchTool

 # Initialize the tool
-exa_tool = EXASearchTool()
+exa_tool = ExaSearchTool()

 # Create an agent that uses the tool
 researcher = Agent(
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ print(result)

 ## خيارات التكوين

-تقبل أداة `EXASearchTool` المعاملات التالية أثناء التهيئة:
+تقبل أداة `ExaSearchTool` المعاملات التالية أثناء التهيئة:

 - `type` (str، اختياري): نوع البحث المستخدم. الافتراضي هو `"auto"`. الخيارات: `"auto"`، `"instant"`، `"fast"`، `"deep"`.
+- `highlights` (bool أو dict، اختياري): إرجاع مقتطفات موفرة للرموز أكثر صلة بالاستعلام بدلاً من الصفحة الكاملة. الافتراضي هو `True`. مرر قاموسًا مثل `{"max_characters": 4000}` للتكوين، أو `False` للتعطيل.
 - `content` (bool، اختياري): ما إذا كان يجب تضمين محتوى الصفحة الكامل في النتائج. الافتراضي هو `False`.
- `summary` (bool، اختياري): ما إذا كان يجب تضمين ملخصات مولّدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي لكل نتيجة. يتطلب `content=True`. الافتراضي هو `False`.
 - `api_key` (str، اختياري): مفتاح Exa API الخاص بك. يعود إلى متغير البيئة `EXA_API_KEY` إذا لم يتم تقديمه.
 - `base_url` (str، اختياري): عنوان URL مخصص لخادم API. يعود إلى متغير البيئة `EXA_BASE_URL` إذا لم يتم تقديمه.

@@ -86,25 +86,52 @@ print(result)
 يمكنك تكوين الأداة بمعاملات مخصصة للحصول على نتائج أغنى:

 ```python
-# Get full page content with AI summaries
-exa_tool = EXASearchTool(
-    content=True,
-    summary=True,
+# Use 'deep' for thorough, multi-step searches
+exa_tool = ExaSearchTool(
+    highlights=True,
    type="deep"
 )

 # Use it in an agent
 agent = Agent(
    role="Deep Researcher",
-    goal="Conduct thorough research with full content and summaries",
+    goal="Conduct thorough research",
    tools=[exa_tool]
 )
 ```

+## استخدام Exa عبر MCP
+
+يمكنك أيضًا ربط وكيلك بخادم MCP المستضاف من Exa. مرّر مفتاح API الخاص بك عبر ترويسة `x-api-key`:
+
+```python
+from crewai import Agent
+from crewai.mcp import MCPServerHTTP
+
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Find and analyze information on the web",
+    backstory="Expert researcher with access to Exa's tools",
+    mcps=[
+        MCPServerHTTP(
+            url="https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
+            headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+```
+
+احصل على مفتاح API من [لوحة تحكم Exa](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys). لمزيد من المعلومات حول MCP في CrewAI، راجع [نظرة عامة على MCP](/ar/mcp/overview).
+
 ## الميزات

+- **مقتطفات موفرة للرموز**: الحصول على المقتطفات الأكثر صلة من كل نتيجة، باستخدام رموز أقل بكثير من النص الكامل
 - **البحث الدلالي**: العثور على نتائج بناءً على المعنى، وليس الكلمات المفتاحية فقط
 - **استرجاع المحتوى الكامل**: الحصول على النص الكامل لصفحات الويب مع نتائج البحث
- **ملخصات الذكاء الاصطناعي**: الحصول على ملخصات موجزة مولّدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي لكل نتيجة
 - **تصفية التاريخ**: تقييد النتائج لفترات زمنية محددة باستخدام فلاتر تاريخ النشر
- **تصفية النطاقات**: تقييد عمليات البحث على نطاقات محددة
+- **تصفية النطاقات**: تقييد عمليات البحث على نطاقات محددة
+
+## موارد
+
+- [توثيق Exa](https://exa.ai/docs)
+- [لوحة تحكم Exa — إدارة مفاتيح API والاستخدام](https://dashboard.exa.ai)
--- a/docs/en/concepts/tools.mdx
+++ b/docs/en/concepts/tools.mdx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Here is a list of the available tools and their descriptions:
 | **DirectorySearchTool**          | A RAG tool for searching within directories, useful for navigating through file systems.       |
 | **DOCXSearchTool**               | A RAG tool aimed at searching within DOCX documents, ideal for processing Word files.          |
 | **DirectoryReadTool**            | Facilitates reading and processing of directory structures and their contents.                 |
-| **EXASearchTool**                | A tool designed for performing exhaustive searches across various data sources.                |
+| **ExaSearchTool**                | Search the web with Exa, the fastest and most accurate web search API. Supports token-efficient highlights and full page content. |
 | **FileReadTool**                 | Enables reading and extracting data from files, supporting various file formats.               |
 | **FirecrawlSearchTool**          | A tool to search webpages using Firecrawl and return the results.                              |
 | **FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool**    | A tool for crawling webpages using Firecrawl.                                                  |
--- a/docs/en/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
+++ b/docs/en/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 title: "Exa Search Tool"
-description: "Search the web using the Exa Search API to find the most relevant results for any query, with options for full page content, highlights, and summaries."
+description: "Search the web with Exa, the fastest and most accurate web search API. Get token-efficient highlights and full page content."
 icon: "magnifying-glass"
 mode: "wide"
 ---

-The `EXASearchTool` lets CrewAI agents search the web using the [Exa](https://exa.ai/) search API. It returns the most relevant results for any query, with options for full page content and AI-generated summaries.
+The `ExaSearchTool` lets CrewAI agents search the web using [Exa](https://exa.ai/), the fastest and most accurate web search API. It returns the most relevant results for any query, with options for token-efficient highlights and full page content.

 ## Installation

@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ Get an API key from the [Exa dashboard](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys).

 ## Example Usage

-Here's how to use the `EXASearchTool` within a CrewAI agent:
+Here's how to use the `ExaSearchTool` within a CrewAI agent:

 ```python
 import os
 from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import ExaSearchTool

 # Initialize the tool
-exa_tool = EXASearchTool()
+exa_tool = ExaSearchTool()

 # Create an agent that uses the tool
 researcher = Agent(
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ print(result)

 ## Configuration Options

-The `EXASearchTool` accepts the following parameters during initialization:
+The `ExaSearchTool` accepts the following parameters during initialization:

 - `type` (str, optional): The search type to use. Defaults to `"auto"`. Options: `"auto"`, `"instant"`, `"fast"`, `"deep"`.
+- `highlights` (bool or dict, optional): Return token-efficient excerpts most relevant to the query instead of the full page. Defaults to `True`. Pass a dict like `{"max_characters": 4000}` to configure, or `False` to disable.
 - `content` (bool, optional): Whether to include full page content in results. Defaults to `False`.
- `summary` (bool, optional): Whether to include AI-generated summaries of each result. Requires `content=True`. Defaults to `False`.
 - `api_key` (str, optional): Your Exa API key. Falls back to the `EXA_API_KEY` environment variable if not provided.
 - `base_url` (str, optional): Custom API server URL. Falls back to the `EXA_BASE_URL` environment variable if not provided.

@@ -83,28 +83,70 @@ When calling the tool (or when an agent invokes it), the following search parame

 ## Advanced Usage

-You can configure the tool with custom parameters for richer results:
+For most agent workflows we recommend `highlights` — it returns the most relevant excerpts from each result and uses far fewer tokens than full page content:

 ```python
-# Get full page content with AI summaries
-exa_tool = EXASearchTool(
-    content=True,
-    summary=True,
-    type="deep"
+# Get token-efficient excerpts most relevant to the query
+exa_tool = ExaSearchTool(
+    highlights=True,
+    type="auto",
 )

 # Use it in an agent
 agent = Agent(
-    role="Deep Researcher",
-    goal="Conduct thorough research with full content and summaries",
+    role="Researcher",
+    goal="Answer questions with current web data",
    tools=[exa_tool]
 )
 ```

+For thorough, multi-step searches, use `type="deep"`:
+
+```python
+exa_tool = ExaSearchTool(
+    highlights=True,
+    type="deep",
+)
+```
+
+For more on choosing between highlights and full content, see the [Exa search best practices](https://exa.ai/docs/reference/search-best-practices).
+
+## Using Exa via MCP
+
+You can also connect your agent to Exa's hosted MCP server. Pass your API key with the `x-api-key` header:
+
+```python
+from crewai import Agent
+from crewai.mcp import MCPServerHTTP
+
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Find and analyze information on the web",
+    backstory="Expert researcher with access to Exa's tools",
+    mcps=[
+        MCPServerHTTP(
+            url="https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
+            headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+```
+
+Get your API key from the [Exa dashboard](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys). For more on MCP in CrewAI, see the [MCP overview](/en/mcp/overview).
+
 ## Features

+- **Token-Efficient Highlights**: Get the most relevant excerpts from each result, ~10x fewer tokens than full text
 - **Semantic Search**: Find results based on meaning, not just keywords
 - **Full Content Retrieval**: Get the full text of web pages alongside search results
- **AI Summaries**: Get concise, AI-generated summaries of each result
 - **Date Filtering**: Limit results to specific time periods with published date filters
 - **Domain Filtering**: Restrict searches to specific domains
+
+<Note>
+`EXASearchTool` is a deprecated alias for `ExaSearchTool`. Existing imports continue to work but will emit a deprecation warning; please migrate to `ExaSearchTool`.
+</Note>
+
+## Resources
+
+- [Exa documentation](https://exa.ai/docs)
+- [Exa dashboard — manage API keys and usage](https://dashboard.exa.ai)
--- a/docs/ko/concepts/tools.mdx
+++ b/docs/ko/concepts/tools.mdx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ crew.kickoff()
 | **DirectorySearchTool**           | 디렉터리 내에서 검색하는 RAG 도구로, 파일 시스템을 탐색할 때 유용합니다.                              |
 | **DOCXSearchTool**                | DOCX 문서 내에서 검색하는 데 특화된 RAG 도구로, Word 파일을 처리할 때 이상적입니다.                   |
 | **DirectoryReadTool**             | 디렉터리 구조와 그 내용을 읽고 처리하도록 지원하는 도구입니다.                                        |
-| **EXASearchTool**                 | 다양한 데이터 소스를 폭넓게 검색하기 위해 설계된 도구입니다.                                          |
+| **ExaSearchTool**                 | 다양한 데이터 소스를 폭넓게 검색하기 위해 설계된 도구입니다.                                          |
 | **FileReadTool**                  | 다양한 파일 형식을 지원하며 파일에서 데이터를 읽고 추출할 수 있는 도구입니다.                         |
 | **FirecrawlSearchTool**           | Firecrawl을 이용해 웹페이지를 검색하고 결과를 반환하는 도구입니다.                                    |
 | **FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool**     | Firecrawl을 사용해 웹페이지를 크롤링하는 도구입니다.                                                  |
--- a/docs/ko/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
+++ b/docs/ko/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 ---
 title: EXA 검색 웹 로더
-description: EXASearchTool은 인터넷 전반에 걸쳐 텍스트의 내용에서 지정된 쿼리에 대한 시맨틱 검색을 수행하도록 설계되었습니다.
+description: ExaSearchTool은 인터넷 전반에 걸쳐 텍스트의 내용에서 지정된 쿼리에 대한 시맨틱 검색을 수행하도록 설계되었습니다.
 icon: globe-pointer
 mode: "wide"
 ---

-# `EXASearchTool`
+# `ExaSearchTool`

 ## 설명

-EXASearchTool은 텍스트의 내용을 기반으로 지정된 쿼리를 인터넷 전반에 걸쳐 의미론적으로 검색하도록 설계되었습니다.
+ExaSearchTool은 텍스트의 내용을 기반으로 지정된 쿼리를 인터넷 전반에 걸쳐 의미론적으로 검색하도록 설계되었습니다.
 사용자가 제공한 쿼리를 기반으로 가장 관련성 높은 검색 결과를 가져오고 표시하기 위해 [exa.ai](https://exa.ai/) API를 활용합니다.

 ## 설치
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ pip install 'crewai[tools]'
 다음 예제는 도구를 초기화하고 주어진 쿼리로 검색을 실행하는 방법을 보여줍니다:

 ```python Code
-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import ExaSearchTool

 # Initialize the tool for internet searching capabilities
-tool = EXASearchTool()
+tool = ExaSearchTool()
 ```

 ## 시작 단계

-EXASearchTool을 효과적으로 사용하려면 다음 단계를 따르세요:
+ExaSearchTool을 효과적으로 사용하려면 다음 단계를 따르세요:

 <Steps>
    <Step title="패키지 설치">
@@ -47,7 +47,35 @@ EXASearchTool을 효과적으로 사용하려면 다음 단계를 따르세요:
    </Step>
 </Steps>

+## MCP를 통한 Exa 사용
+
+Exa가 호스팅하는 MCP 서버에 에이전트를 연결할 수도 있습니다. API 키는 `x-api-key` 헤더로 전달하세요:
+
+```python
+from crewai import Agent
+from crewai.mcp import MCPServerHTTP
+
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Find and analyze information on the web",
+    backstory="Expert researcher with access to Exa's tools",
+    mcps=[
+        MCPServerHTTP(
+            url="https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
+            headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+```
+
+API 키는 [Exa 대시보드](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys)에서 발급받을 수 있습니다. CrewAI에서의 MCP 사용에 대한 자세한 내용은 [MCP 개요](/ko/mcp/overview)를 참고하세요.
+
 ## 결론

-`EXASearchTool`을 Python 프로젝트에 통합함으로써, 사용자는 애플리케이션 내에서 실시간으로 인터넷을 직접 검색할 수 있는 능력을 얻게 됩니다.
+`ExaSearchTool`을 Python 프로젝트에 통합함으로써, 사용자는 애플리케이션 내에서 실시간으로 인터넷을 직접 검색할 수 있는 능력을 얻게 됩니다.
 제공된 설정 및 사용 지침을 따르면, 이 도구를 프로젝트에 포함하는 과정이 간편하고 직관적입니다.
+
+## 참고 자료
+
+- [Exa 공식 문서](https://exa.ai/docs)
+- [Exa 대시보드 — API 키 및 사용량 관리](https://dashboard.exa.ai)
--- a/docs/pt-BR/concepts/tools.mdx
+++ b/docs/pt-BR/concepts/tools.mdx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Aqui está uma lista das ferramentas disponíveis e suas descrições:
 | **DirectorySearchTool**          | Ferramenta RAG para busca em diretórios, útil para navegação em sistemas de arquivos.                |
 | **DOCXSearchTool**               | Ferramenta RAG voltada para busca em documentos DOCX, ideal para processar arquivos Word.            |
 | **DirectoryReadTool**            | Facilita a leitura e processamento de estruturas de diretórios e seus conteúdos.                     |
-| **EXASearchTool**                | Ferramenta projetada para buscas exaustivas em diversas fontes de dados.                             |
+| **ExaSearchTool**                | Ferramenta projetada para buscas exaustivas em diversas fontes de dados.                             |
 | **FileReadTool**                 | Permite a leitura e extração de dados de arquivos, suportando diversos formatos.                     |
 | **FirecrawlSearchTool**          | Ferramenta para buscar páginas web usando Firecrawl e retornar os resultados.                        |
 | **FirecrawlCrawlWebsiteTool**    | Ferramenta para rastrear páginas web utilizando o Firecrawl.                                         |
--- a/docs/pt-BR/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
+++ b/docs/pt-BR/tools/search-research/exasearchtool.mdx
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 ---
 title: Carregador Web EXA Search
-description: O `EXASearchTool` foi projetado para realizar uma busca semântica para uma consulta especificada a partir do conteúdo de um texto em toda a internet.
+description: O `ExaSearchTool` foi projetado para realizar uma busca semântica para uma consulta especificada a partir do conteúdo de um texto em toda a internet.
 icon: globe-pointer
 mode: "wide"
 ---

-# `EXASearchTool`
+# `ExaSearchTool`

 ## Descrição

-O EXASearchTool foi projetado para realizar uma busca semântica para uma consulta especificada a partir do conteúdo de um texto em toda a internet.
+O ExaSearchTool foi projetado para realizar uma busca semântica para uma consulta especificada a partir do conteúdo de um texto em toda a internet.
 Ele utiliza a API da [exa.ai](https://exa.ai/) para buscar e exibir os resultados de pesquisa mais relevantes com base na consulta fornecida pelo usuário.

 ## Instalação
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ pip install 'crewai[tools]'
 O exemplo a seguir demonstra como inicializar a ferramenta e executar uma busca com uma consulta determinada:

 ```python Code
-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import ExaSearchTool

 # Initialize the tool for internet searching capabilities
-tool = EXASearchTool()
+tool = ExaSearchTool()
 ```

 ## Etapas para Começar

-Para usar o EXASearchTool de forma eficaz, siga estas etapas:
+Para usar o ExaSearchTool de forma eficaz, siga estas etapas:

 <Steps>
    <Step title="Instalação do Pacote">
@@ -47,7 +47,35 @@ Para usar o EXASearchTool de forma eficaz, siga estas etapas:
    </Step>
 </Steps>

+## Usando o Exa via MCP
+
+Você também pode conectar seu agente ao servidor MCP hospedado pelo Exa. Passe sua chave de API no cabeçalho `x-api-key`:
+
+```python
+from crewai import Agent
+from crewai.mcp import MCPServerHTTP
+
+agent = Agent(
+    role="Research Analyst",
+    goal="Find and analyze information on the web",
+    backstory="Expert researcher with access to Exa's tools",
+    mcps=[
+        MCPServerHTTP(
+            url="https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
+            headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"},
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+```
+
+Obtenha sua chave de API no [painel da Exa](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys). Para mais informações sobre MCP no CrewAI, consulte a [visão geral do MCP](/pt-BR/mcp/overview).
+
 ## Conclusão

-Ao integrar o `EXASearchTool` em projetos Python, os usuários ganham a capacidade de realizar buscas relevantes e em tempo real pela internet diretamente de suas aplicações.
-Seguindo as orientações de configuração e uso fornecidas, a incorporação desta ferramenta em projetos torna-se simples e direta.
+Ao integrar o `ExaSearchTool` em projetos Python, os usuários ganham a capacidade de realizar buscas relevantes e em tempo real pela internet diretamente de suas aplicações.
+Seguindo as orientações de configuração e uso fornecidas, a incorporação desta ferramenta em projetos torna-se simples e direta.
+
+## Recursos
+
+- [Documentação do Exa](https://exa.ai/docs)
+- [Painel do Exa — gerenciar chaves de API e uso](https://dashboard.exa.ai)
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/README.md
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ CrewAI provides an extensive collection of powerful tools ready to enhance your
 - **Web Scraping**: `ScrapeWebsiteTool`, `SeleniumScrapingTool`
 - **Database Integrations**: `MySQLSearchTool`
 - **Vector Database Integrations**: `MongoDBVectorSearchTool`, `QdrantVectorSearchTool`, `WeaviateVectorSearchTool`
- **API Integrations**: `SerperApiTool`, `EXASearchTool`
+- **API Integrations**: `SerperApiTool`, `ExaSearchTool`
 - **AI-powered Tools**: `DallETool`, `VisionTool`, `StagehandTool`

 And many more robust tools to simplify your agent integrations.
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/init.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/init.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ from crewai_tools.tools.e2b_sandbox_tool import (
    E2BFileTool,
    E2BPythonTool,
 )
-from crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool import EXASearchTool, ExaSearchTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.file_read_tool.file_read_tool import FileReadTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.file_writer_tool.file_writer_tool import FileWriterTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.files_compressor_tool.files_compressor_tool import (
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ __all__ = [
    "E2BPythonTool",
    "EXASearchTool",
    "EnterpriseActionTool",
+    "ExaSearchTool",
    "FileCompressorTool",
    "FileReadTool",
    "FileWriterTool",
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/init.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/init.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ from crewai_tools.tools.e2b_sandbox_tool import (
    E2BFileTool,
    E2BPythonTool,
 )
-from crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool import EXASearchTool, ExaSearchTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.file_read_tool.file_read_tool import FileReadTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.file_writer_tool.file_writer_tool import FileWriterTool
 from crewai_tools.tools.files_compressor_tool.files_compressor_tool import (
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ __all__ = [
    "E2BFileTool",
    "E2BPythonTool",
    "EXASearchTool",
+    "ExaSearchTool",
    "FileCompressorTool",
    "FileReadTool",
    "FileWriterTool",
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/exa_tools/README.md
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/exa_tools/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# EXASearchTool Documentation
+# ExaSearchTool Documentation

 ## Description
-This tool is designed to perform a semantic search for a specified query from a text's content across the internet. It utilizes the `https://exa.ai/` API to fetch and display the most relevant search results based on the query provided by the user.
+This tool lets CrewAI agents search the web using [Exa](https://exa.ai/), the fastest and most accurate web search API. By default the tool returns token-efficient highlights of the most relevant results for any query; you can also opt in to full page content.

 ## Installation
 To incorporate this tool into your project, follow the installation instructions below:
@@ -10,21 +10,23 @@ uv add crewai[tools] exa_py
 ```

 ## Example
-The following example demonstrates how to initialize the tool and execute a search with a given query:
+The following example demonstrates how to initialize the tool and run a search:

 ```python
-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import ExaSearchTool

-# Initialize the tool for internet searching capabilities
-tool = EXASearchTool(api_key="your_api_key")
+# Default: results with token-efficient highlights
+tool = ExaSearchTool(api_key="your_api_key", highlights=True)
 ```

 ## Steps to Get Started
-To effectively use the `EXASearchTool`, follow these steps:
+To effectively use the `ExaSearchTool`, follow these steps:

 1. **Package Installation**: Confirm that the `crewai[tools]` package is installed in your Python environment.
-2. **API Key Acquisition**: Acquire a `https://exa.ai/` API key by registering for a free account at `https://exa.ai/`.
-3. **Environment Configuration**: Store your obtained API key in an environment variable named `EXA_API_KEY` to facilitate its use by the tool.
+2. **API Key Acquisition**: Get an Exa API key from the [Exa dashboard](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys).
+3. **Environment Configuration**: Store your API key in an environment variable named `EXA_API_KEY` so the tool can pick it up automatically.

-## Conclusion
-By integrating the `EXASearchTool` into Python projects, users gain the ability to conduct real-time, relevant searches across the internet directly from their applications. By adhering to the setup and usage guidelines provided, incorporating this tool into projects is streamlined and straightforward.
+For details on choosing between highlights and full content, see the [Exa search best practices](https://exa.ai/docs/reference/search-best-practices).
+
+## Note
+`EXASearchTool` is a deprecated alias for `ExaSearchTool`. Existing imports continue to work but emit a deprecation warning; please migrate to `ExaSearchTool`.
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/exa_tools/exa_search_tool.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/src/crewai_tools/tools/exa_tools/exa_search_tool.py
@@ -3,12 +3,19 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from builtins import type as type_
 import os
 from typing import Any, TypedDict
+import warnings

 from crewai.tools import BaseTool, EnvVar
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
 from typing_extensions import Required


+try:
+    from exa_py import Exa
+except ImportError:
+    Exa = None  # type: ignore[assignment,misc]
+
+
 class SearchParams(TypedDict, total=False):
    """Parameters for Exa search API."""

@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ class SearchParams(TypedDict, total=False):
    include_domains: list[str]


-class EXABaseToolSchema(BaseModel):
+class ExaBaseToolSchema(BaseModel):
    search_query: str = Field(
        ..., description="Mandatory search query you want to use to search the internet"
    )
@@ -31,14 +38,20 @@ class EXABaseToolSchema(BaseModel):
    )


-class EXASearchTool(BaseTool):
+EXABaseToolSchema = ExaBaseToolSchema
+
+
+class ExaSearchTool(BaseTool):
    model_config = ConfigDict(arbitrary_types_allowed=True)
-    name: str = "EXASearchTool"
-    description: str = "Search the internet using Exa"
-    args_schema: type_[BaseModel] = EXABaseToolSchema
+    name: str = "ExaSearchTool"
+    description: str = (
+        "Search the web with Exa, the fastest and most accurate web search API."
+    )
+    args_schema: type_[BaseModel] = ExaBaseToolSchema
    client: Any | None = None
-    content: bool | None = False
-    summary: bool | None = False
+    content: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = False
+    summary: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = False
+    highlights: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = True
    type: str | None = "auto"
    package_dependencies: list[str] = Field(default_factory=lambda: ["exa_py"])
    api_key: str | None = Field(
@@ -68,17 +81,17 @@ class EXASearchTool(BaseTool):

    def __init__(
        self,
-        content: bool | None = False,
-        summary: bool | None = False,
+        content: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = False,
+        summary: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = False,
+        highlights: bool | dict[str, Any] | None = True,
        type: str | None = "auto",
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> None:
        super().__init__(
            **kwargs,
        )
-        try:
-            from exa_py import Exa
-        except ImportError as e:
+        global Exa
+        if Exa is None:
            import click

            if click.confirm(
@@ -88,12 +101,13 @@ class EXASearchTool(BaseTool):

                subprocess.run(["uv", "add", "exa_py"], check=True)  # noqa: S607

-                # Re-import after installation
-                from exa_py import Exa
+                from exa_py import Exa as _Exa
+
+                Exa = _Exa  # type: ignore[misc]
            else:
                raise ImportError(
-                    "You are missing the 'exa_py' package. Would you like to install it?"
-                ) from e
+                    "You are missing the 'exa_py' package. Please install it to use ExaSearchTool."
+                )

        client_kwargs: dict[str, str] = {}
        if self.api_key:
@@ -101,8 +115,10 @@ class EXASearchTool(BaseTool):
        if self.base_url:
            client_kwargs["base_url"] = self.base_url
        self.client = Exa(**client_kwargs)
+        self.client.headers["x-exa-integration"] = "crewai"
        self.content = content
        self.summary = summary
+        self.highlights = highlights
        self.type = type

    def _run(
@@ -126,10 +142,31 @@ class EXASearchTool(BaseTool):
        if include_domains:
            search_params["include_domains"] = include_domains

+        contents_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
        if self.content:
-            results = self.client.search_and_contents(
-                search_query, summary=self.summary, **search_params
+            contents_kwargs["text"] = self.content
+        if self.highlights:
+            contents_kwargs["highlights"] = self.highlights
+        if self.summary:
+            contents_kwargs["summary"] = self.summary
+
+        if contents_kwargs:
+            return self.client.search_and_contents(
+                search_query, **contents_kwargs, **search_params
            )
-        else:
-            results = self.client.search(search_query, **search_params)
-        return results
+        return self.client.search(search_query, **search_params)
+
+
+class EXASearchTool(ExaSearchTool):
+    """Deprecated alias for :class:`ExaSearchTool`. Kept for backwards compatibility."""
+
+    name: str = "ExaSearchTool"
+
+    def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "EXASearchTool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release; "
+            "use ExaSearchTool instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
--- a/lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/exa_search_tool_test.py
+++ b/lib/crewai-tools/tests/tools/exa_search_tool_test.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import os
-from unittest.mock import patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch

-from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool
+from crewai_tools import EXASearchTool, ExaSearchTool
 import pytest


@pytest.fixture
 def exa_search_tool():
-    return EXASearchTool(api_key="test_api_key")
+    return ExaSearchTool(api_key="test_api_key")


@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ def test_exa_search_tool_initialization():
            "crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa"
        ) as mock_exa_class:
            api_key = "test_api_key"
-            tool = EXASearchTool(api_key=api_key)
+            tool = ExaSearchTool(api_key=api_key)

            assert tool.api_key == api_key
            assert tool.content is False
            assert tool.summary is False
+            assert tool.highlights is True
            assert tool.type == "auto"
            mock_exa_class.assert_called_once_with(api_key=api_key)

@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def test_exa_search_tool_initialization_with_env(mock_exa_api_key):
        with patch(
            "crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa"
        ) as mock_exa_class:
-            EXASearchTool()
+            ExaSearchTool()
            mock_exa_class.assert_called_once_with(api_key="test_key_from_env")


@@ -47,12 +48,13 @@ def test_exa_search_tool_initialization_with_base_url():
        ) as mock_exa_class:
            api_key = "test_api_key"
            base_url = "https://custom.exa.api.com"
-            tool = EXASearchTool(api_key=api_key, base_url=base_url)
+            tool = ExaSearchTool(api_key=api_key, base_url=base_url)

            assert tool.api_key == api_key
            assert tool.base_url == base_url
            assert tool.content is False
            assert tool.summary is False
+            assert tool.highlights is True
            assert tool.type == "auto"
            mock_exa_class.assert_called_once_with(api_key=api_key, base_url=base_url)

@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ def test_exa_search_tool_initialization_with_env_base_url(
    mock_exa_api_key, mock_exa_base_url
 ):
    with patch("crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa") as mock_exa_class:
-        EXASearchTool()
+        ExaSearchTool()
        mock_exa_class.assert_called_once_with(
            api_key="test_key_from_env", base_url="https://env.exa.api.com"
        )
@@ -79,8 +81,33 @@ def test_exa_search_tool_initialization_without_base_url():
            "crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa"
        ) as mock_exa_class:
            api_key = "test_api_key"
-            tool = EXASearchTool(api_key=api_key)
+            tool = ExaSearchTool(api_key=api_key)

            assert tool.api_key == api_key
            assert tool.base_url is None
            mock_exa_class.assert_called_once_with(api_key=api_key)
+
+
+def test_exa_search_tool_highlights_uses_search_and_contents():
+    with patch("crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa") as mock_exa_class:
+        mock_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_exa_class.return_value = mock_client
+        tool = ExaSearchTool(
+            api_key="test_api_key", highlights={"max_characters": 4000}
+        )
+
+        tool._run(search_query="hello world")
+
+        mock_client.search_and_contents.assert_called_once_with(
+            "hello world",
+            highlights={"max_characters": 4000},
+            type="auto",
+        )
+        mock_client.search.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_exasearchtool_alias_is_deprecated():
+    with patch("crewai_tools.tools.exa_tools.exa_search_tool.Exa"):
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="ExaSearchTool"):
+            tool = EXASearchTool(api_key="test_api_key")
+        assert isinstance(tool, ExaSearchTool)
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/AGENTS.md
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/templates/AGENTS.md
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ def calculator(expression: str) -> str:
 ```

 ### Built-in Tools (install with `uv add crewai-tools`)
-Web/Search: SerperDevTool, ScrapeWebsiteTool, WebsiteSearchTool, EXASearchTool, FirecrawlSearchTool
+Web/Search: SerperDevTool, ScrapeWebsiteTool, WebsiteSearchTool, ExaSearchTool, FirecrawlSearchTool
 Documents: FileReadTool, DirectoryReadTool, PDFSearchTool, DOCXSearchTool, CSVSearchTool, JSONSearchTool, XMLSearchTool, MDXSearchTool
 Code: CodeInterpreterTool, CodeDocsSearchTool, GithubSearchTool
 Media: DALL-E Tool, YoutubeChannelSearchTool, YoutubeVideoSearchTool