THE HYPE KEVIN / FIELD NOTESWatch the video

ENGINE NOTES / OCTOBER 19, 2026

Exa Lite

Lite returns cached highlights cut from each page, with more text per search than Auto.

$10 in credits each month plus a $10 onboarding bonus. No payment method required. Free keyless MCP is also available.

48 questions, one search each

One search per question
EngineVersions / 30This week / 10Traps / 8Total / 48Median secondsMedian tokensUS$ / 1,000
Exa Lite3097460.542,020$4.00

Three coding jobs

Three coding jobs, three runs each
EngineTests passed / 66Median seconds per jobMedian page tokens in contextUS$ web calls per job
Exa Lite5928.229,248$0.02

Every question

Open a cell to read its ranked results. Right and wrong refer to the agent’s answer.
QuestionExa Lite
latest version of Astroversions · Right answer: 7.4.1
Right

Top five results

  1. Upgrade Astro | Docsdocs.astro.build · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · withastro/astro · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. astro on NPM | Release Alertreleasealert.dev · Date not supplied
  4. Astro 7.4 | Astroastro.build · 2026-10-15
  5. packages/astro/CHANGELOG.mdgithub.com · Date not supplied
latest version of Cloudflare Wranglerversions · Right answer: 4.151.2
Right

Top five results

  1. wranglernpmjs.com · 2012-06-19
  2. Releases · cloudflare/workers-sdk · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Install/Update Wrangler · Cloudflare Workers docsdevelopers.cloudflare.com · Date not supplied
  4. wrangler | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
  5. Homebrew Formulae: cloudflare-wranglerformulae.brew.sh · Date not supplied
latest version of Expo SDKversions · Right answer: 58.0.16
Right

Top five results

  1. Expo SDK referencedocs.expo.dev · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · expo/expo · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. exponpmjs.com · 2013-05-27
  4. Changelog — Expoexpo.dev · Date not supplied
  5. expo on NPM | Release Alertreleasealert.dev · Date not supplied
latest version of openai npm packageversions · Right answer: 7.39.0
Right

Top five results

  1. openainpmjs.com · 2020-07-09
  2. Releases · openai/openai-node · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. npm | Profilenpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  4. openai 7.39.0 on Node.js NPMnewreleases.io · 2026-10-18
  5. openai (npm) — latest version 7.39.0vigia.coredls.cloud · 2026-10-19
latest version of Claude Codeversions · Right answer: 2.1.304
Right

Top five results

  1. Tags · anthropics/claude-code · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  2. @anthropic-ai/claude-code - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  3. Releases · anthropics/claude-code · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  4. Claude Code changelog - Claude Code Docscode.claude.com · Date not supplied
  5. Latest versions in Codex CLI, Claude Code, Cursor Agent, OpenCode, and pi | Harness Notesharnessnotes.com · 2026-10-19
latest version of Vercel AI SDKversions · Right answer: 7.0.145
Right

Top five results

  1. ainpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · vercel/ai · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. ai on NPM | Release Alertreleasealert.dev · Date not supplied
  4. AI SDK 7.0.143whatsnew.fyi · 2026-10-16
  5. vercel/aigithub.com · 2023-05-23
latest version of TanStack Queryversions · Right answer: 5.104.5
Right

Top five results

  1. Releases · TanStack/query · GitHubgithub.com · 2026-10-19
  2. TanStack Querytanstack.com · Date not supplied
  3. Release 2026-10-17 17:53github.com · 2026-10-17
  4. @tanstack/react-query - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  5. @tanstack/react-query@5.104.2github.com · 2026-10-11
latest version of FastAPIversions · Right answer: 0.150.0
Right

Top five results

  1. fastapi v0.150.0pypi.org · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · fastapi/fastapi · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Release Notes - FastAPIfastapi.tiangolo.com · 2026-10-20
  4. fastapi (PyPI) — latest version 0.150.0vigia.coredls.cloud · 2026-10-19
  5. fastapi on Python Package Index | Release Alertreleasealert.dev · Date not supplied
latest version of uvversions · Right answer: 0.13.2
Right

Top five results

  1. Package uv · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  2. uv · PyPIpypi.org · Date not supplied
  3. Release 0.13.0 · astral-sh/uv · GitHubgithub.com · 2026-10-09
  4. Tools | uv - Astral Docsdocs.astral.sh · 2026-10-14
  5. uv vs Poetry 2026: 16x Faster Resolver, 89K Stars - Tech Insidertech-insider.org · 2026-09-10
latest version of Hugging Face Transformersversions · Right answer: 5.20.2
Right

Top five results

  1. Releases · huggingface/transformers · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  2. transformers v5.20.2pypi.org · Date not supplied
  3. transformersanaconda.org · 2026-10-19
  4. Release v5.20.1github.com · 2026-10-16
  5. Transformers · Hugging Facehuggingface.co · Date not supplied
latest version of LiteLLMversions · Right answer: 1.106.0
Right

Top five results

  1. litellm v1.106.0pypi.org · Date not supplied
  2. Tags · BerriAI/litellm · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. litellm/litellm - Docker Imagehub.docker.com · Date not supplied
  4. litellmanaconda.org · 2026-10-18
  5. Release Notes | liteLLMdocs.litellm.ai · Date not supplied
latest version of Electronversions · Right answer: 44.9.0
Right

Top five results

  1. All | Electron Releasesreleases.electronjs.org · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · electron/electron · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Schedule | Electron Releasesreleases.electronjs.org · Date not supplied
  4. electron - npm package | Aikido Intelintel.aikido.dev · Date not supplied
  5. v44.8.0 | Electron Releasesreleases.electronjs.org · Date not supplied
latest version of ESLintversions · Right answer: 10.13.0
Right
latest version of Turborepoversions · Right answer: 2.11.9
Right

Top five results

  1. Releases · vercel/turborepo · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  2. turbo - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  3. @turbo/codemodnpmjs.com · 2022-01-27
  4. vercel/turborepo on GitHub | Release Alertreleasealert.dev · Date not supplied
  5. Turborepo v2.11.9 — Turborepo v2.11.9whatsnew.fyi · 2026-10-16
latest version of Nuxtversions · Right answer: 4.6.2
Right

Top five results

  1. Releases · nuxt/nuxt · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  2. nuxt | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
  3. nuxt - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  4. nuxt CDN by jsDelivr - A CDN for npm and GitHubjsdelivr.com · Date not supplied
  5. Roadmapnuxt.com · Date not supplied
latest version of Next.jsversions · Right answer: 16.4.2
Right

Top five results

  1. Next.jsnextjs.org · Date not supplied
  2. next - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  3. Releases · vercel/next.js · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  4. Upgradingnextjs.org · Date not supplied
  5. Next.js Security Update for Upstream Vulnerabilitiesnextjs.org · 2026-10-14
latest version of Vitestversions · Right answer: 5.0.5
Right

Top five results

  1. vitest - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · vitest-dev/vitest · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Releases | Vitestvitest.dev · Date not supplied
  4. vitest | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
  5. Is vitest outdated? Version health and update check | devcheckdevcheck.dev · Date not supplied
latest version of React Nativeversions · Right answer: 0.88.0
Right

Top five results

  1. react-native - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Versions · React Nativereactnative.dev · Date not supplied
  3. Releases Overview · React Nativereactnative.dev · 2026-11-03
  4. React Native 0.88 - Web-Based Event Dispatching, Variable Fonts, SceneDelegate, no breaking changes · React Nativereactnative.dev · 2026-10-19
  5. Tags · react/react-native · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
latest version of Anthropic TypeScript SDKversions · Right answer: 0.135.0
Right

Top five results

  1. @anthropic-ai/sdknpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · anthropics/anthropic-sdk-typescript · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. CHANGELOG.mdgithub.com · 2026-10-15
  4. TypeScript SDKplatform.claude.com · Date not supplied
  5. @anthropic-ai/sdksocket.dev · Date not supplied
latest version of OpenAI Codex CLIversions · Right answer: 0.163.0
Right

Top five results

  1. @openai/codex - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · openai/codex · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. openai-codex v0.163.0pypi.org · Date not supplied
  4. Install codex on macOS with MacPortsports.macports.org · Date not supplied
  5. @openai/codex | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
latest version of pnpmversions · Right answer: 12.14.0
Right

Top five results

  1. pnpm - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. pnpm - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  3. pnpm 10.21 | pnpmpnpm.io · Date not supplied
  4. pnpm 12.0 | pnpmpnpm.io · Date not supplied
  5. registry.npmjs.orgregistry.npmjs.org · Date not supplied
latest version of Ruffversions · Right answer: 0.17.1
Right

Top five results

  1. ruff v0.17.1pypi.org · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · astral-sh/ruff · GitHubgithub.com · 2026-10-15
  3. astral-sh/ruffgithub.com · 2022-08-09
  4. ruffanaconda.org · 2026-10-15
  5. ruffcrates.io · 2023-01-13
latest version of anthropic Python SDKversions · Right answer: 1.15.0
Right

Top five results

  1. anthropic v1.15.0pypi.org · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · anthropics/anthropic-sdk-python · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. pyproject.tomlgithub.com · Date not supplied
  4. Python SDKplatform.claude.com · Date not supplied
  5. anthropic (PyPI) — latest version 1.15.0vigia.coredls.cloud · 2026-10-15
latest version of Reactversions · Right answer: 19.3.1
Right

Top five results

  1. Untitled resultreact.dev · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · react/react · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. react - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  4. react - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  5. React ecosystem release trackerreactjs.dev · Date not supplied
latest version of SvelteKitversions · Right answer: 3.1.0
Right

Top five results

  1. @sveltejs/kitnpmjs.com · 2026-10-15
  2. Releases · sveltejs/kitgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. SvelteKit 3 is heresvelte.dev · 2026-10-01
  4. npm | Profilenpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  5. @sveltejs/kit | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
latest version of Playwrightversions · Right answer: 1.64.1
Right

Top five results

  1. playwright - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · microsoft/playwright · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Playwright v1.64.1 · StackPulsestackpulse.work · 2026-10-14
  4. Fast and reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps | Playwrightplaywright.dev · Date not supplied
  5. playwright - conda-forge | Anaconda.organaconda.org · Date not supplied
latest version of Vueversions · Right answer: 3.5.44
Right

Top five results

  1. vue - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. v3.5.44github.com · 2026-10-13
  3. Releases | Vue.jsvuejs.org · Date not supplied
  4. CHANGELOG.mdgithub.com · 2026-10-13
  5. vue | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
latest version of Zodversions · Right answer: 4.6.7
Right

Top five results

  1. Zodnpmjs.com · 2026-10-11
  2. Releases · colinhacks/zod · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. zod - npmxnpmx.dev · Date not supplied
  4. zod (npm) — latest version 4.6.7vigia.coredls.cloud · 2026-10-12
  5. zod | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
latest version of Pydanticversions · Right answer: 2.14.1
Right

Top five results

  1. pydantic v2.14.1pypi.org · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · pydantic/pydantic · GitHubgithub.com · 2026-10-11
  3. Changelogpydantic.dev · 2026-10-08
  4. Announcement: Pydantic v2.14 Releasepydantic.dev · Date not supplied
  5. pydantic/pydantic · Release history · Sheeping Newssheeping.news · Date not supplied
latest version of Bunversions · Right answer: 1.4.3
Right

Top five results

  1. bun - npmnpmjs.com · Date not supplied
  2. Releases · oven-sh/bun · GitHubgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. Bun v1.4.3 · oven-sh/bun · Discussion #44903 · GitHubgithub.com · 2026-10-10
  4. Bun v1.4.3 (Oct 10, 2026)releases.fru.dev · 2026-10-10
  5. bun | Snyksecurity.snyk.io · Date not supplied
Exa annualized revenue run rate announced October 2026week · Right answer: $100M ARR (Will Bryk, X, Oct 13)
Right
Which company became the default search provider for Browserbase in October 2026week · Right answer: Parallel (Parag Agrawal, X, Oct 14)
Right

Top five results

  1. Web Search for Browserbase is now powered by Parallelparallel.ai · 2026-10-12
  2. The Web Search API for AI Agents | Browserbasebrowserbase.com · Date not supplied
  3. Browserbase Search: web search for agents | Browserbasebrowserbase.com · Date not supplied
  4. Browserbase and Parallel: the right search for every agentbrowserbase.com · Date not supplied
  5. Browserbaseplatform.tracxn.com · Date not supplied
Name of Firecrawl's company funding intelligence tool for ChatGPT and Claude launched October 2026week · Right answer: Fireround (Firecrawl, X, Oct 15)
Right
Which DeepSeek Harness version is recommended for DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017week · Right answer: v0.2.1-rc.1 or later (DeepSeek, X, Oct 17)
Right
TinyFish free search API rate limit requests per minuteweek · Right answer: 30 requests per minute (Oct 18)
Right
According to Parallel, which open model was the first to reach the top 10 of its Search Capability Leaderboardweek · Right answer: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (1017) (Parallel, X, Oct 18)
Right
Which Firecrawl product gives Gemini agents live web data in the Firecrawl Google Cloud partnership announced October 19 2026week · Right answer: Alexandria (Firecrawl, X, Oct 19)
Right

Top five results

  1. Firecrawl Changelogfirecrawl.dev · Date not supplied
  2. Firecrawl for Google Cloud | Firecrawl Integrationsfirecrawl.dev · Date not supplied
  3. Firecrawl for Google Cloud | Firecrawl Integrationsfirecrawl.dev · Date not supplied
  4. Firecrawl lands on Google Cloud Marketplace, so companies can pay through Googletechcityauthority.com · 2026-10-19
  5. Firecrawl partners with Google Cloud to power… · AGI Huntagihunt.info · 2026-10-19
Which Claude Code environment variable chooses the model used by the auto mode classifierweek · Right answer: CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL (Claude Code v2.1.302, Oct 16)
Right
Which new crypto function did Node.js 24.22.0 addweek · Right answer: crypto.parsePKCS12() (Node v24.22.0, Oct 14)
Right

Top five results

  1. Node.js — Node.js 24.22.0 (LTS)nodejs.org · Date not supplied
  2. node v24.22.0 Release Notes | Starstrukstarstruk.ai · Date not supplied
  3. Node.js 24.22.0 release notes, 14 Oct 2026 | Tracearytraceary.com · Date not supplied
  4. Node.js v24.22.0 released! | Devtalkdevtalk.com · 2026-10-14
  5. Node.js 24.22.0 Released — Changes & Upgrade Notes - DevCurrentdevcurrent.net · Date not supplied
Which new value for the Link prefetch prop did Next.js add in the 16.5 canary releasesweek · Right answer: "navigation" (<Link prefetch="navigation">, v16.5.0-canary.18, Oct 19)
Wrong

Top five results

  1. Link Componentnextjs.org · Date not supplied
  2. packages/next/src/client/link.tsxgithub.com · Date not supplied
  3. [Link] Add prefetch="auto" optiongithub.com · 2025-04-29
  4. Optimizing prefetchingnextjs.org · Date not supplied
  5. docs/01-app/02-guides/adopting-partial-prefetching.mdxgithub.com · Date not supplied
DeepSeek Search API rate limit QPS per accounttraps · Right answer: 100 QPS (docs; launch coverage said 5)
Wrong

Top five results

  1. Rate Limit & Isolation | DeepSeek API Docse9ca89c1x6170692d646f6373x646565707365656bx636f6d.gateway.web.tr · Date not supplied
  2. DeepSeek prices web search for AI agents at $0.75 per 1,000 callsppc.land · 2026-10-17
  3. DeepSeek API Rate Limits: Concurrency, 429 Errors, Queues, and Safe Retries - Deep-ai.chatdeep-ai.chat · 2026-10-04
  4. DeepSeek launched web search and crawling; API; API appeared briefly; V4.1; Flash-1017 snapshot; Harness; v0.2.1-rc1 releasedhkwdb.com · Date not supplied
  5. FAQdeepseek.apidog.io · Date not supplied
Exact UTC time DeepSeek starts billing web search calls made through Claude Code and Codextraps · Right answer: Oct 31 2026 16:00 UTC (DeepSeek docs)
Right
Which DeepSeek model is required for Codex native web search through DeepSeek's APItraps · Right answer: deepseek-v4-pro (DeepSeek Codex guide; posts said search is free for any model)
Right

Top five results

  1. Integrate with Codex | DeepSeek API Docsapi-docs.deepseek.com · Date not supplied
  2. Using the Responses API | DeepSeek API Docsarchive.ph · 2026-07-31
  3. Your First API Call | DeepSeek API Docsapi-docs.deepseek.com · Date not supplied
  4. docs/codex.mdgithub.com · Date not supplied
  5. DeepSeek search for Claude Code, Codex paid from Nov. 1 · SW Architectswarchitect.net · 2026-10-18
Exa API header value needed to use dynamic highlightstraps · Right answer: Exa-Beta: dynamic-highlights-2026-08-28 (API docs; launch post calls it generally available)
Right

Top five results

  1. GitHub - Geighlord007/qp-exa-dynamic: Exa web search provider ...github.com · Date not supplied
  2. Highlights - Exaexa.ai · 2026-08-28
  3. Dynamic Highlights | Exa Blogexa.ai · 2026-08-28
  4. https://exa.ai/docs/exa-spec.yamlexa.ai · 2026-08-28
  5. Contents APIexa.ai · Date not supplied
Exa 3.0 release datetraps · Right answer: Oct 19 2026 (Exa blog; some coverage said Oct 18)
Right

Top five results

  1. Introducing Exa 3.0 | Exa Blogexa.ai · 2026-10-19
  2. Exa 3.0 adds cheaper search and a larger index for AI agentsruntimewire.com · 2026-10-19
  3. Exa AI Research Blogexa.ai · Date not supplied
  4. Exa 3.0 launches with Dynamic Highlights for its Search API · Diggdigg.com · 2026-10-19
  5. Changelog - Exaexa.ai · Date not supplied
Which search provider is tied with Exa 3.0 for first place on the Artificial Analysis Search Indextraps · Right answer: Perplexity, both 80 (Artificial Analysis, Oct 19; Exa says #1 on every benchmark it tested)
Right
Who owns Tavilytraps · Right answer: Nebius (acquired Feb 2026)
Right
Perplexity Decision API price per million input tokenstraps · Right answer: 2 cents (halved Oct 6, Aravind Srinivas)
Right

Top five results

  1. Decisions API - Perplexitydocs.perplexity.ai · Date not supplied
  2. Pricing - Perplexitydocs.perplexity.ai · Date not supplied
  3. Changelog - Perplexitydocs.perplexity.ai · Date not supplied
  4. Decision models got a price: $0.04 a million | Tyron Dizontyronzky.ninja · 2026-10-03
  5. Perplexity Decisions Api - API Evangelist APIsapis.apievangelist.com · Date not supplied

Back to the full results