# Exa AI employee Viktor works in Exa for you. Ask in Slack or Microsoft Teams. Viktor is an AI employee that connects to Exa and helps you search the web, read pages and get cited answers with Exa, running 4 Exa actions for you like Search, Get Contents, and Answer Question. Ask in plain English from your workspace; Viktor does the work in Exa and reports back. Viktor connects with an API key. - Tool: Exa - Category: Marketing - Connection: API key - Actions available: 4 - Currently available in: Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord - Page: https://viktor.com/integrations/exa ## What can your AI employee do in Exa? Viktor connects to your Exa account and completes work in it. He doesn't just answer questions about Exa, he takes the actions on your behalf and delivers the finished result to your workspace. Unlike workflow builders such as Zapier or Make, there is nothing to configure - no triggers to map, no workflows to maintain. You describe the outcome in plain English, and Viktor picks the right Exa actions, chains them with the other 9,800+ tools he connects to, and asks for approval before anything sensitive runs. ### About Exa AI search engine with a web search API. Search the web, find pages similar to a link, pull clean text from pages, and get cited answers. ### How a run works 1. **You ask in your workspace** - Describe what you need in plain English 2. **Viktor picks the actions** - Selects from 4 Exa actions, chains them together 3. **Runs in Exa** - Helps you search the web, read pages and get cited answers with Exa - your real data. 4. **Reports back** - Delivers the finished result to your workspace ## Use Exa from Slack and Microsoft Teams Message Viktor in a Slack channel, a Microsoft Teams chat or a direct message. He opens Exa, does the work and posts the result in the same thread, so nobody has to switch tabs. He can also run Exa work on a schedule, like a weekly Exa summary posted to your team's channel. Anything sensitive waits for your approval before it runs. ## Security and permissions - API key - Viktor stores your key encrypted, uses it only for the actions you ask for, and you can revoke it at any time. - Review-first approvals: sensitive Exa actions wait for your sign-off before they run. - Isolated compute per team, encrypted in transit and at rest - and your data is never used to train models. - SOC 2 Type 1 compliant, with Type 2 and ISO 27001 in progress. - Viktor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Exa. ## What can you ask Viktor to do in Exa? - "Search the web with Exa for Series A fintech startups in Berlin and put them in a sheet." - "Use Exa to pull the text of these five competitor pricing pages and compare the plans." - "Ask Exa what changed in the EU AI Act this year, with sources." - "Find companies similar to linear.app with Exa and list their websites." ## How does Viktor work with Exa? 1. Open Viktor in a supported workspace. 2. Connect Exa with an API key - Viktor handles authentication. 3. Ask in plain English. Viktor runs the Exa actions, chains them with your other tools when needed, and reports back. Sensitive actions wait for your approval. ## What can Viktor do in Exa? (4 actions) - **Find Similar Links** - Find pages similar to a seed URL with optional nested Exa content extraction. This action is deprecated for new workflows. Prefer Search, optionally after Get Contents on the seed URL, for related-page discovery. - **Search** - Search the web with Exa. auto is the recommended search type, and Highlights is the recommended default content mode. - **Get Contents** - Retrieve clean text, highlights, summaries, and metadata for specific URLs or Exa document IDs. Highlights are the recommended default extraction mode for most workflows. - **Answer Question** - Generate grounded Exa answers with citations. Use this when you want an answer-shaped response instead of raw search results. ## Viktor uses Exa together with - [Slack](https://viktor.com/integrations/slack) - [Gmail](https://viktor.com/integrations/gmail) - [Google Sheets](https://viktor.com/integrations/google-sheets) - [HubSpot](https://viktor.com/integrations/hubspot) - [Notion](https://viktor.com/integrations/notion) - [Salesforce](https://viktor.com/integrations/salesforce) ## More Marketing integrations - [Meta Ads](https://viktor.com/integrations/meta-ads) - [Google Ads](https://viktor.com/integrations/google-ads) - [YouTube](https://viktor.com/integrations/youtube) - [Customer.io](https://viktor.com/integrations/customer-io) - [Reddit](https://viktor.com/integrations/reddit) - [Bright Data Social](https://viktor.com/integrations/bright-data-social) - [Mailchimp](https://viktor.com/integrations/mailchimp) - [Moz SEO](https://viktor.com/integrations/moz-seo) ## FAQ ### Does Viktor integrate with Exa? Yes. Exa is one of the 9,800+ tools Viktor connects to, with an API key. Once connected, anyone on your team can put Viktor to work in Exa from their workspace - no workflow builder, no code. ### How do I connect Exa to Viktor? Ask Viktor in your workspace to connect Exa, then paste an API key from your Exa account when prompted. Viktor stores the key encrypted, uses it only for the actions you ask for, and you can revoke it at any time. Setup takes about two minutes. ### What can Viktor do in Exa? Viktor can run 4 Exa actions, including Search, Get Contents, and Answer Question - and chain them with other tools in a single request. In practice that means Viktor helps you search the web, read pages and get cited answers with Exa. If a task spans several actions, Viktor plans the sequence itself and reports back when the work is done. You connect Exa by pasting an API key from your Exa dashboard; there is no OAuth sign-in. Viktor has 4 Exa tools: Search, Get Contents, Answer Question and Find Similar Links. Searches are billed to the Exa account that owns the key. Viktor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Exa. ### Do I need to build workflows for Exa? No. Viktor isn't a workflow builder - there are no triggers to map and nothing to maintain. You ask for the outcome in plain English in your workspace, and Viktor decides which Exa actions to take, runs them, and reports back. ### Is my Exa data secure with Viktor? Yes. Viktor connects to Exa with an API key, runs in an isolated environment per team, and never trains models on your data. Sensitive actions wait for your approval, and you can revoke access at any time. Viktor is SOC 2 Type 1 compliant, with Type 2 and ISO 27001 in progress. ### How much does the Exa integration cost? Nothing extra - every integration, including Exa, is available on every plan. You can start free with up to $100 in credits, no credit card required; the Team plan is $100 a month. ### Can Viktor use Exa together with my other tools? Yes - that's the point. Viktor connects to 9,800+ tools and works across them in a single run: he can pull data from Exa, cross-reference it with another tool - for example Slack or Gmail, and deliver the finished result in your workspace. ## Get started Viktor is free to start - up to $100 in credits, no credit card required. All 9,800+ integrations are included on every plan. Sign up at https://viktor.com or browse all integrations at https://viktor.com/integrations.