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Bring Exa Agent into your team’s Slack. Tag @Exa in any channel or thread with a research question, list-building task, or enrichment request. Exa Agent searches the web, reads sources, and replies in-thread with cited answers.

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Get started

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Installation

  1. Go to Dashboard > Management > Exa in Slack, then click Install.
The Exa in Slack page in the Exa dashboard, with the Install button
  1. Slack’s OAuth flow opens. Pick the workspace you want Exa in, then click Allow.
Slack's OAuth approval screen for the Exa app, showing the "App is not approved by Slack" notice, a workspace picker, the requested permissions, and the Allow button
The red “App is not approved by Slack” notice is expected and safe to ignore. It only means Exa isn’t in the public Slack Marketplace, not that anything is wrong.
  1. Once installed, invite @Exa to a channel (or DM it directly) and start asking questions.

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How to use Exa from Slack

In any channel Exa has been added to, mention @Exa with your question:
Exa Agent replies in a thread with its progress and a cited answer.

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Follow-ups

Once Exa has answered in a thread, just reply in that thread to continue the conversation. No need to mention @Exa again. Exa remembers the conversation, so follow-ups build on the previous answer. Anyone in the thread can follow up.

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Direct messages

You can also message Exa directly in a DM. No mention is needed there at all. Each message you send starts a new request, answered in a thread under that message. Reply in the thread to continue that conversation.

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Cancelling a run

While a run is in progress, reply cancel, stop, or abort in the thread to cancel it. No mention needed.

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Exa Connect providers

Start your message with !connect to pick Exa Connect data providers:
Exa posts a picker in the thread. Select the data providers you want, then click Run to start the query with those providers included.

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Keywords

Use these in a thread Exa is in:

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Permissions

The Exa app for Slack requests the following scopes: Exa only receives messages from channels it has been explicitly invited to and from its own DMs, and never stores your Slack messages.

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Pricing

Exa Agent runs started from Slack are billed to your Exa team. See pricing for details.

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Privacy

For details on how Exa handles your data, see the Exa privacy policy.
Last modified on July 20, 2026