I’ve added a new feature in the bot, which is online search . It searches the question online so that it gives the latest info about the question

Added online search

Here’s what was happening with previous version,Echo could only answer from the model’s own knowledge before, so I thought we need to fix this.I added a proper web search feature so she can actually go look things up.

• Wired up the Exa API for /echo-search — it searches the web, pulls the top results, fetches the actual page content, and feeds that back into the AI so the answer is grounded instead of hallucinated.
• Made sure sources always get cited back with clickable links in the Slack message
• Split search into two steps: search (get URLs) then contents (get the actual text), since Exa’s search endpoint alone only gives snippets, not enough to actually summarize from.

Deployed the project on Nest

Finally deployed it on Nest like the previous version and yo Echo became 24/7 online :)

I’ve also shared a tutorial video on YouTube to help you understand any command and how to use Echo on Slack:
Echo Tutorial Video