feat(exa): add date filters to search (#4451)

Author: waleedlatif1

apps/docs/content/docs/en/tools/exa.mdx

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ Search the web using Exa AI. Returns relevant search results with titles, URLs,
 | `highlights` | boolean | No | Include highlighted snippets in results \(default: false\) |
 | `summary` | boolean | No | Include AI-generated summaries in results \(default: false\) |
 | `livecrawl` | string | No | Live crawling mode: never \(default\), fallback, always, or preferred \(always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails\) |
+| `startCrawlDate` | string | No | Only include results crawled on or after this ISO 8601 date \(e.g., "2024-01-01" or "2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"\) |
+| `endCrawlDate` | string | No | Only include results crawled on or before this ISO 8601 date |
+| `startPublishedDate` | string | No | Only include results published on or after this ISO 8601 date |
+| `endPublishedDate` | string | No | Only include results published on or before this ISO 8601 date |
 | `apiKey` | string | Yes | Exa AI API Key |
 | `pricing` | custom | No | No description |
 | `metadata` | string | No | No description |

apps/sim/blocks/blocks/exa.ts

@@ -136,6 +136,38 @@ export const ExaBlock: BlockConfig<ExaResponse> = {
       condition: { field: 'operation', value: 'exa_search' },
       mode: 'advanced',
     },
+    {
+      id: 'startPublishedDate',
+      title: 'Start Published Date',
+      type: 'short-input',
+      placeholder: '2024-01-01 or 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      condition: { field: 'operation', value: 'exa_search' },
+      mode: 'advanced',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'endPublishedDate',
+      title: 'End Published Date',
+      type: 'short-input',
+      placeholder: '2024-12-31 or 2024-12-31T23:59:59.999Z',
+      condition: { field: 'operation', value: 'exa_search' },
+      mode: 'advanced',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'startCrawlDate',
+      title: 'Start Crawl Date',
+      type: 'short-input',
+      placeholder: '2024-01-01 or 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+      condition: { field: 'operation', value: 'exa_search' },
+      mode: 'advanced',
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'endCrawlDate',
+      title: 'End Crawl Date',
+      type: 'short-input',
+      placeholder: '2024-12-31 or 2024-12-31T23:59:59.999Z',
+      condition: { field: 'operation', value: 'exa_search' },
+      mode: 'advanced',
+    },
     // Get Contents operation inputs
     {
       id: 'urls',
@@ -385,6 +417,10 @@ export const ExaBlock: BlockConfig<ExaResponse> = {
     highlights: { type: 'boolean', description: 'Include highlights' },
     summary: { type: 'boolean', description: 'Include summary' },
     livecrawl: { type: 'string', description: 'Live crawl mode' },
+    startCrawlDate: { type: 'string', description: 'Earliest crawl date (ISO 8601)' },
+    endCrawlDate: { type: 'string', description: 'Latest crawl date (ISO 8601)' },
+    startPublishedDate: { type: 'string', description: 'Earliest published date (ISO 8601)' },
+    endPublishedDate: { type: 'string', description: 'Latest published date (ISO 8601)' },
     // Get Contents operation
     urls: { type: 'string', description: 'URLs to retrieve' },
     summaryQuery: { type: 'string', description: 'Summary query guidance' },

apps/sim/tools/exa/search.ts

@@ -79,6 +79,31 @@ export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
       description:
         'Live crawling mode: never (default), fallback, always, or preferred (always try livecrawl, fall back to cache if fails)',
     },
+    startCrawlDate: {
+      type: 'string',
+      required: false,
+      visibility: 'user-or-llm',
+      description:
+        'Only include results crawled on or after this ISO 8601 date (e.g., "2024-01-01" or "2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z")',
+    },
+    endCrawlDate: {
+      type: 'string',
+      required: false,
+      visibility: 'user-or-llm',
+      description: 'Only include results crawled on or before this ISO 8601 date',
+    },
+    startPublishedDate: {
+      type: 'string',
+      required: false,
+      visibility: 'user-or-llm',
+      description: 'Only include results published on or after this ISO 8601 date',
+    },
+    endPublishedDate: {
+      type: 'string',
+      required: false,
+      visibility: 'user-or-llm',
+      description: 'Only include results published on or before this ISO 8601 date',
+    },
     apiKey: {
       type: 'string',
       required: true,
@@ -140,6 +165,12 @@ export const searchTool: ToolConfig<ExaSearchParams, ExaSearchResponse> = {
       // Category filtering
       if (params.category) body.category = params.category
 
+      // Date filtering
+      if (params.startCrawlDate) body.startCrawlDate = params.startCrawlDate
+      if (params.endCrawlDate) body.endCrawlDate = params.endCrawlDate
+      if (params.startPublishedDate) body.startPublishedDate = params.startPublishedDate
+      if (params.endPublishedDate) body.endPublishedDate = params.endPublishedDate
+
       // Build contents object for content options
       const contents: Record<string, any> = {}
 

apps/sim/tools/exa/types.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export interface ExaSearchParams extends ExaBaseParams {
   summary?: boolean | { query?: string }
   // Live crawl mode
   livecrawl?: 'always' | 'fallback' | 'never'
+  // Date filters (ISO 8601)
+  startCrawlDate?: string
+  endCrawlDate?: string
+  startPublishedDate?: string
+  endPublishedDate?: string
 }
 
 export interface ExaSearchResult {