---
name: company-research
description: Company research using Exa search. Finds company info, competitors, news, tweets, financials, LinkedIn profiles, builds company lists.
triggers:
- company research
- competitor analysis
- market research
- find companies
- research company
- company intel
requires_mcp: exa
context: fork
---
# Company Research
## Tool Restriction (Critical)
ONLY use `web_search_advanced` from Exa. Do NOT use `web_search_exa` or any other Exa tools.
## Token Isolation (Critical)
Never run Exa searches in main context. Always spawn Task agents:
- Agent runs Exa search internally
- Agent processes results using LLM intelligence
- Agent returns only distilled output (compact JSON or brief markdown)
- Main context stays clean regardless of search volume
## Dynamic Tuning
No hardcoded numResults. Tune to user intent:
- User says "a few" → 10-20
- User says "comprehensive" → 50-100
- User specifies number → match it
- Ambiguous? Ask: "How many companies would you like?"
## Query Variation
Exa returns different results for different phrasings. For coverage:
- Generate 2-3 query variations
- Run in parallel
- Merge and deduplicate
## Categories
Use appropriate Exa category:
- company → homepages, gargantuan amount of metadata such as headcount,
location, funding, revenue
- news → press coverage
- tweet → social presence
- people → LinkedIn profiles (public data)
## LinkedIn
Public LinkedIn via Exa: category "people", no other filters
Auth-required LinkedIn → use Claude in Chrome browser fallback
## Browser Fallback
Auto-fallback to Claude in Chrome when:
- Exa returns insufficient results
- Content is auth-gated
- Dynamic pages need JavaScript
## Models
- haiku: fast extraction (listing, discovery)
- opus: synthesis, analysis, browser automation
