company_research_exa returns 112k+ characters, too large for Claude Code
Shows how to fix company_research_exa returns 112k+ characters, too large for Claude Code. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
TL;DR
Exa fixed this server-side: company\research\exa now caps each result at 7000 characters (maxCharactersPerResult) and defaults to 3 results (numResults).
Steps
- Exa fixed this server-side:
company_research_exanow caps each result at 7000 characters (maxCharactersPerResult) and defaults to 3 results (numResults). If you still need more results, ask your agent to pass explicit parameters, e.g.numResults: 10withmaxCharactersPerResult: 2000, trading result count against per-result length. The maintainer confirmed the change via the linked commit.
Expected: The maintainer confirmed the change via the linked commit.
When to use
You are seeing this: Calling the company\research\exa tool from the Exa MCP server in Claude Code returns 112k+ characters of JSON (overview, financials, workforce, salaries), which blows the context window and makes the result unusable in agentic workflows. Use this skill when you run into "companyresearchexa returns 112k+ characters, too large for Claude Code".
When not to use
If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.
Versions
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Why this happens
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