updated exa to match latest API

Author: waleedlatif1

apps/docs/content/docs/en/tools/exa.mdx

@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ Search the web using Exa AI. Returns relevant search results with titles, URLs,
 | `type` | string | No | Search type: neural, keyword, auto or fast \(default: auto\) |
 | `includeDomains` | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to include in results |
 | `excludeDomains` | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from results |
-| `category` | string | No | Filter by category: company, research_paper, news_article, pdf, github, tweet, movie, song, personal_site |
+| `category` | string | No | Filter by category: company, research paper, news, pdf, github, tweet, personal site, linkedin profile, financial report |
 | `text` | boolean | No | Include full text content in results \(default: false\) |
 | `highlights` | boolean | No | Include highlighted snippets in results \(default: false\) |
 | `summary` | boolean | No | Include AI-generated summaries in results \(default: false\) |
-| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never \(default: never\) |
+| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: never \(default\), fallback, always, or preferred \(always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails\) |
 | `apiKey` | string | Yes | Exa AI API Key |
 
 #### Output
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Retrieve the contents of webpages using Exa AI. Returns the title, text content,
 | `subpages` | number | No | Number of subpages to crawl from the provided URLs |
 | `subpageTarget` | string | No | Comma-separated keywords to target specific subpages \(e.g., "docs,tutorial,about"\) |
 | `highlights` | boolean | No | Include highlighted snippets in results \(default: false\) |
-| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never \(default: never\) |
+| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: never \(default\), fallback, always, or preferred \(always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails\) |
 | `apiKey` | string | Yes | Exa AI API Key |
 
 #### Output
@@ -99,10 +99,9 @@ Find webpages similar to a given URL using Exa AI. Returns a list of similar lin
 | `includeDomains` | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to include in results |
 | `excludeDomains` | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from results |
 | `excludeSourceDomain` | boolean | No | Exclude the source domain from results \(default: false\) |
-| `category` | string | No | Filter by category: company, research_paper, news_article, pdf, github, tweet, movie, song, personal_site |
 | `highlights` | boolean | No | Include highlighted snippets in results \(default: false\) |
 | `summary` | boolean | No | Include AI-generated summaries in results \(default: false\) |
-| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never \(default: never\) |
+| `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: never \(default\), fallback, always, or preferred \(always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails\) |
 | `apiKey` | string | Yes | Exa AI API Key |
 
 #### Output

apps/sim/tools/exa/find_similar_links.ts

@@ -48,13 +48,6 @@ export const findSimilarLinksTool: ToolConfig<
       visibility: 'user-only',
       description: 'Exclude the source domain from results (default: false)',
     },
-    category: {
-      type: 'string',
-      required: false,
-      visibility: 'user-only',
-      description:
-        'Filter by category: company, research_paper, news_article, pdf, github, tweet, movie, song, personal_site',
-    },
     highlights: {
       type: 'boolean',
       required: false,
@@ -71,7 +64,8 @@ export const findSimilarLinksTool: ToolConfig<
       type: 'string',
       required: false,
       visibility: 'user-only',
-      description: 'Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never (default: never)',
+      description:
+        'Live crawling mode: never (default), fallback, always, or preferred (always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails)',
     },
     apiKey: {
       type: 'string',
@@ -113,9 +107,6 @@ export const findSimilarLinksTool: ToolConfig<
         body.excludeSourceDomain = params.excludeSourceDomain
       }
 
-      // Category filtering
-      if (params.category) body.category = params.category
-
       // Content options - build contents object
       const contents: Record<string, any> = {}
       if (params.text !== undefined) contents.text = params.text

apps/sim/tools/exa/get_contents.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ export const getContentsTool: ToolConfig<ExaGetContentsParams, ExaGetContentsRes
       type: 'string',
       required: false,
       visibility: 'user-only',
-      description: 'Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never (default: never)',
+      description:
+        'Live crawling mode: never (default), fallback, always, or preferred (always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails)',
     },
     apiKey: {
       type: 'string',

apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
       required: false,
       visibility: 'user-only',
       description:
-        'Filter by category: company, research_paper, news_article, pdf, github, tweet, movie, song, personal_site',
+        'Filter by category: company, research paper, news, pdf, github, tweet, personal site, linkedin profile, financial report',
     },
     text: {
       type: 'boolean',
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
       type: 'string',
       required: false,
       visibility: 'user-only',
-      description: 'Live crawling mode: always, fallback, or never (default: never)',
+      description:
+        'Live crawling mode: never (default), fallback, always, or preferred (always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails)',
     },
     apiKey: {
       type: 'string',