--- title: "Connect Facebook Messenger to Exa - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Message Sent to Page\" fires in Facebook Messenger, your agent runs \"Create Research Task\" in Exa." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-exa" --- # Connect Facebook Messenger to Exa When **New Message Sent to Page** fires in [Facebook Messenger](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger), your agent runs **Create Research Task** in [Exa](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Facebook Messenger **1** trigger Facebook Messenger **8** actions Exa **6** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Facebook Messenger and Exa to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Facebook Messenger can start in Exa - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Create Research Task** in Exa - When **New Message Sent to Page** in Facebook Messenger then **Get Research Task** in Exa Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Facebook Messenger and Exa ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 14 actions - Trigger **New Message Sent to Page** Triggers when someone sends your Facebook Page a new Messenger message. - Action **Get Conversation Messages** Returns the messages in one Messenger conversation of a Facebook Page, newest first. - Action **Get Message Details** Returns one Messenger message sent to or from a Facebook Page. - Action **Get Page Conversations** Lists a Facebook Page's Messenger conversations, newest first. - Action **Get User Pages** Retrieves a list of pages the user manages, including tasks and access tokens. - Action **Mark Message Seen** Marks a person's latest Messenger message to a Facebook Page as seen. - Action **Send Media Message** Sends an image, video, audio clip or file over Messenger from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Send Message** Sends a Messenger text message from a Facebook Page to a person who has messaged the Page. - Action **Toggle Typing Indicator** Shows or hides the typing indicator in a person's Messenger conversation with a Facebook Page. - Action **Create Research Task** Starts an asynchronous Exa research (Agent) run for a natural-language question and returns the run, including its id and status. Use Get Research Task to read the finished answer. - Action **Find similar links** Returns web pages similar to a given URL, optionally with their text, highlights or summaries. - Action **Generate Answer** Answers a question using Exa web search results, returning the generated answer and the sources it cites. - Action **Get Research Task** Returns a research (Agent) run by its id, including its status, answer text, structured result, citations and cost. - Action **Get Webpage Content** Returns the full text, highlights, summary and metadata for one or more webpages by URL. - Action **Perform Web Search** Searches the web with Exa and returns the matching pages (title, URL, published date, author and any requested contents), plus synthesized output when an output schema is given. ## Each app on its own - [ **Facebook Messenger** Facebook Messenger is a messaging app and platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/facebook-messenger) - [ **Exa** Exa is a Web Search API that helps you search the web, extract content from any URL, and find similar...](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Facebook Messenger - [ **Facebook Messenger to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-hubspot) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-salesforce) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-slack) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-sheets) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-gmail) - [ **Facebook Messenger to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/facebook-messenger-to-google-calendar) ## More into Exa - [ **HubSpot to Exa** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-exa) - [ **Salesforce to Exa** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-exa) - [ **Slack to Exa** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-exa) - [ **Google Sheets to Exa** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-exa) - [ **Gmail to Exa** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-exa) - [ **Google Calendar to Exa** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-exa) Questions ## Facebook Messenger and Exa, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Facebook Messenger? Any of Facebook Messenger's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Message Sent to Page. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Exa when something happens in Facebook Messenger? Any of Exa's 6 actions, including Create Research Task, Find similar links, Generate Answer and Get Research Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Exa to Facebook Messenger? Exa has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Facebook Messenger. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Exa's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Facebook Messenger or Exa? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Facebook Messenger and Exa without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.