What is the 'toon' output format?

The 'toon' format is a YAML-like output designed for high readability and token efficiency, offering a 40% reduction in tokens compared to standard JSON.

How much does it cost to retrieve content?

Exa.ai typically charges $0.001 per piece of content (per URL). The skill encourages token optimization strategies to keep your overall AI costs low.

Can I extract specific fields like prices or dates from a website?

Yes, by using the --summary-schema parameter, you can define exactly which data points you want the AI to extract into a structured JSON object.

How does Exa Get Contents save on LLM tokens?

The skill utilizes AI-generated summaries and structured schema extraction to filter out web noise, reducing token usage by up to 90% compared to raw HTML scraping.

Does this skill work with dynamic or JavaScript-heavy websites?

Yes, it uses a mandatory live-crawl feature with a configurable timeout to ensure that even dynamic content is captured and processed correctly.

Exa Get Contents

Name: Exa Get Contents
Author: benjaminjackson

bybenjaminjackson

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Web Scraping & Data Collection

Extracts structured data and AI-generated summaries from any URL with high token efficiency and live crawling.

Exa Get Contents is a specialized Claude Code skill designed to retrieve and process web content using Exa's AI-native search engine. It enables developers to perform precise web scraping, summarize complex articles, and extract specific information into structured JSON formats. By leveraging features like live crawling for fresh data and 'toon' output for token reduction, it provides a cost-effective way to feed high-quality, relevant web data into Claude's context for analysis, research, or content generation tasks.

Key Features

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02AI-powered content summarization with custom natural language queries

03Granular control over extraction limits for text, links, and image metadata

04Mandatory live crawling to ensure access to real-time, non-cached web content

05Structured data extraction using custom JSON Schema definitions

06Token-optimized output formats including 'toon' and JSON for efficient processing

Use Cases

01Generating concise technical summaries of long-form documentation or news articles to save context space

02Extracting specific product features and pricing from competitor landing pages into structured JSON

03Automating data collection for RAG pipelines by retrieving clean, noise-free text from multiple URLs

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add benjaminjackson/exa-skills get-contents

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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