From 5f99eaae85e6a6d02063cd7fee24d291fb69a4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Jackson <bhjackson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:42:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor(linkedin-search): Improve Exa search query and
 domain filtering
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- Change search type to use more precise domain filtering
- Switch from 'neural' to 'keyword' search type
- Dynamically set includeDomains based on search type
- Remove redundant search query modifications

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts b/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
index 68e1767..dc1b3a4 100644
--- a/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
+++ b/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
@@ -33,17 +33,22 @@ export function registerLinkedInSearchTool(server: McpServer, config?: { exaApiK
         });
 
         let searchQuery = query;
+        let includeDomains: string[];
+
         if (searchType === "profiles") {
-          searchQuery = `${query} LinkedIn profile`;
+          searchQuery = `${query}`;
+          includeDomains = ["linkedin.com/in"];
         } else if (searchType === "companies") {
-          searchQuery = `${query} LinkedIn company`;
+          searchQuery = `${query}`;
+          includeDomains = ["linkedin.com/company"];
         } else {
-          searchQuery = `${query} LinkedIn`;
+          searchQuery = `${query}`;
+          includeDomains = ["linkedin.com"];
         }
 
         const searchRequest: ExaSearchRequest = {
           query: searchQuery,
-          type: "neural",
+          type: "keyword",
           numResults: numResults || API_CONFIG.DEFAULT_NUM_RESULTS,
           contents: {
             text: {
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ export function registerLinkedInSearchTool(server: McpServer, config?: { exaApiK
             },
             livecrawl: 'preferred'
           },
-          includeDomains: ["linkedin.com"]
+          includeDomains: includeDomains
         };
         
         logger.log("Sending request to Exa API for LinkedIn search");

From 72ec3cdd359403781943c68856db7d3beeae7b57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Jackson <bhjackson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:50:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor(linkedin-search): Use keyword search for
 profiles/companies, neural for general
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- Use keyword search type for profile and company searches (more precise name matching)
- Use neural search type for general LinkedIn searches (better semantic understanding)
- Add dynamic searchTypeValue based on search type

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts b/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
index dc1b3a4..5c1710c 100644
--- a/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
+++ b/src/tools/linkedInSearch.ts
@@ -34,21 +34,25 @@ export function registerLinkedInSearchTool(server: McpServer, config?: { exaApiK
 
         let searchQuery = query;
         let includeDomains: string[];
+        let searchTypeValue: "keyword" | "neural";
 
         if (searchType === "profiles") {
           searchQuery = `${query}`;
           includeDomains = ["linkedin.com/in"];
+          searchTypeValue = "keyword";
         } else if (searchType === "companies") {
           searchQuery = `${query}`;
           includeDomains = ["linkedin.com/company"];
+          searchTypeValue = "keyword";
         } else {
           searchQuery = `${query}`;
           includeDomains = ["linkedin.com"];
+          searchTypeValue = "neural";
         }
 
         const searchRequest: ExaSearchRequest = {
           query: searchQuery,
-          type: "keyword",
+          type: searchTypeValue,
           numResults: numResults || API_CONFIG.DEFAULT_NUM_RESULTS,
           contents: {
             text: {