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The Exa MCP Server integrates Exa's search capabilities into AI assistants, providing tools for web search, code search, and company research. It enables LLMs and coding assistants to access real-time web information and specialized search functionality through a standardized protocol. The server solves the problem of giving AI systems current, factual information from the internet and code repositories without requiring separate integrations.

GitHub stars: 5.2K
tools: 2
transport: HTTP
last updated: Sep 23, 2026

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Install

From registry metadata

$ npx add-mcp https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp --name exa

Run in your terminal. add-mcp asks which agents to add it to (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more). Add -g to install it for every project.

Review the command, arguments and environment values before installing. MCP servers run with your local permissions.

Other ways

Claude Code

$ claude mcp add --transport http exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Run in your terminal. Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

Tools

Verified live · 2 tools

Verified live against the running server on Nov 6, 2026.

web_search_exaSearch the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content. Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic. Returns: Clean text content from top search results. Query tips: describe the ideal page, not keywor...3 params

Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content. Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic. Returns: Clean text content from top search results. Query tips: describe the ideal page, not keywor...

Parameters* required

numResultsnumber

Number of search results to return (default: 10).

objective*string

Goal for this search turn; say which documents should rank first, which should be excluded, and what specific facts or figures to pull from them.

query*string

Natural language search query. Should be a semantically rich description of the ideal page, not just keywords. Optionally include category:<type> (company, people) to focus results — e.g. 'category...

web_fetch_exaRead a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL. Best for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call. Returns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).2 params

Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL. Best for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call. Returns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).

Parameters* required

maxCharactersnumber

Maximum characters to extract per page (default: 3000)

urls*array

URLs to read. Batch multiple URLs in one call.

Readme

Exa
Exa MCP Server

Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.

View the full README on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
Category: Search & Web Crawling
Transport: HTTP
Registry: MCP registry, active
Resources: 1
Prompts: 1
Tools verified: Nov 6, 2026

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