diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 8558e9c4..c5438a2c 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -46,10 +46,16 @@ MAX_WORKERS=30
 # API Keys and External Services
 # =============================================================================
 
+# SEARCH_PROVIDER=exa
+
 # Serper API for web search and Google Scholar
 # Get your key from: https://serper.dev/
 SERPER_KEY_ID=your_key
 
+# Exa API for web search
+# Get your key from: https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys
+# EXA_API_KEY=your_key
+
 # Jina API for web page reading
 # Get your key from: https://jina.ai/
 JINA_API_KEYS=your_key
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 453f5ae2..3397df2c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ cp .env.example .env
 Edit the `.env` file and provide your actual API keys and configuration values:
 
 - **SERPER_KEY_ID**: Get your key from [Serper.dev](https://serper.dev/) for web search and Google Scholar
+- **EXA_API_KEY**: Get your key from [Exa](https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys) for the `search` tool. Set `SEARCH_PROVIDER=exa` to select it, or leave `SEARCH_PROVIDER` unset and it is used automatically when `SERPER_KEY_ID` is absent
 - **JINA_API_KEYS**: Get your key from [Jina.ai](https://jina.ai/) for web page reading
 - **API_KEY/API_BASE**: OpenAI-compatible API for page summarization from [OpenAI](https://platform.openai.com/)
 - **DASHSCOPE_API_KEY**: Get your key from [Dashscope](https://dashscope.aliyun.com/) for file parsing
diff --git a/inference/tool_search.py b/inference/tool_search.py
index 1a3f7b53..1adf6193 100644
--- a/inference/tool_search.py
+++ b/inference/tool_search.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 
 SERPER_KEY=os.environ.get('SERPER_KEY_ID')
+EXA_API_KEY=os.environ.get('EXA_API_KEY')
+SEARCH_PROVIDER=os.environ.get('SEARCH_PROVIDER') or ('exa' if EXA_API_KEY and not SERPER_KEY else 'serper')
 
 
 @register_tool("search", allow_overwrite=True)
@@ -106,7 +108,63 @@ def contains_chinese_basic(text: str) -> bool:
 
 
     
+    def exa_search(self, query: str):
+        payload = {
+            "query": query,
+            "type": "auto",
+            "numResults": 10,
+            "contents": {"highlights": True},
+        }
+        headers = {
+            'x-api-key': EXA_API_KEY,
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'x-exa-integration': 'Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch-integration',
+        }
+
+        results = None
+        for i in range(5):
+            try:
+                response = requests.post(
+                    "https://api.exa.ai/search",
+                    json=payload,
+                    headers=headers,
+                    timeout=30,
+                )
+                response.raise_for_status()
+                results = response.json()
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(e)
+                if i == 4:
+                    return f"Exa search Timeout, return None, Please try again later."
+                continue
+
+        try:
+            web_snippets = list()
+            for idx, page in enumerate(results.get("results", []), start=1):
+                date_published = ""
+                if page.get("publishedDate"):
+                    date_published = "\nDate published: " + page["publishedDate"]
+
+                source = ""
+                if page.get("author"):
+                    source = "\nSource: " + page["author"]
+
+                snippet = ""
+                if page.get("highlights"):
+                    snippet = "\n" + " ... ".join(page["highlights"])
+
+                web_snippets.append(
+                    f"{idx}. [{page.get('title') or page.get('url')}]({page.get('url')}){date_published}{source}\n{snippet}"
+                )
+
+            return f"An Exa search for '{query}' found {len(web_snippets)} results:\n\n## Web Results\n" + "\n\n".join(web_snippets)
+        except:
+            return f"No results found for '{query}'. Try with a more general query."
+
     def search_with_serp(self, query: str):
+        if SEARCH_PROVIDER == 'exa':
+            return self.exa_search(query)
         result = self.google_search_with_serp(query)
         return result