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Exa MCP Server

Exa MCP Server

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Installation

Connect to Exa's hosted MCP server:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Or use a plugin when your client supports one.

Agent Plugin

This repository is an Agent Plugin. Install it with any compatible client.

Claude

Install from the Claude Plugin Marketplace, or run:

claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

Codex / ChatGPT

Install via Plugins in ChatGPT, or run:

codex mcp add exa --url https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Other MCP Clients

Most clients can be configured manually with the standard mcpServers shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
    }
  }
}

Exa MCP works with most other clients, point them at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp.

Client

Where to add it

Kiro

Use the Kiro power, or add manually to ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json

LM Studio

Add to LM Studio, or add manually to mcp.json

Replit

Add to Replit

Grok Build

/marketplace → install Exa, then /mcp to sign in

Gemini CLI

Add manually to ~/.gemini/settings.json

OpenCode

Add manually to opencode.json

Windsurf

Add manually to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

Google Antigravity

Add manually to mcp_config.json

Zed

Add manually to settings.json under context_servers

Warp

Settings → Agents → MCP servers

v0 by Vercel

Settings → MCP connections

Related MCP server: Exa MCP Server

Available Tools

Default Tools

Tool

Description

web_search_exa

Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content

web_fetch_exa

Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown from one or more URLs

Optional Tools (enable via the tools parameter)

Tool

Description

agent_run

Run an Exa Agent for multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, and structured output

web_search_advanced_exa

Advanced search with filters, domains, dates, highlights, summaries, and subpage crawling

Enable tools by appending them to the MCP URL (this will replace the defaults, so include all you want):

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_advanced_exa
https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_fetch_exa,agent_run

Exa Agent requires authentication (OAuth or an API key).

Dynamic Highlights (beta)

Add dynamicHighlights=true to the MCP URL to make web_search_exa and web_search_advanced_exa return Dynamic Highlights. These are highlights chosen across all results under one shared budget, not a fixed budget per URL, so less text reaches your agent's context. When the server runs locally, set DYNAMIC_HIGHLIGHTS=true instead.

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?dynamicHighlights=true

Agent Skills

Skills live in skills/ and load with Agent Plugin installs. The Claude plugin in plugins/exa/ ships a copy of them; npm test fails when the copy drifts. Each package version bump on main publishes plugins/exa/ to the root of the claude-plugin branch, which Claude's plugin directory reads. To publish a plugin-only change between releases, run the Publish Claude plugin workflow manually.

Skill

Path

Use when

search

skills/search/

Deep research, lead gen, competitive analysis, multi-step web investigation

exa-agent

skills/exa-agent/

Exa Agent runs, enrichment, structured output, Connect providers

Invoke from your client's skill UI (or /skill-name where supported). MCP-only setups still get the tools; skills add orchestration on top.

Authentication

The hosted MCP server works anonymously with rate limits. For higher limits and access to Exa Agent, use either OAuth or an API key.

OAuth is preferred: most clients prompt you to sign in to Exa. To force the login flow (useful for shared connectors and plugins), use https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?login or https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp/oauth.

If you prefer, you can get an API key from the dashboard and pass it on the URL as ?exaApiKey=…. You can also send it as a Authorization: Bearer … header or an x-api-key header.

Built with ❤️ by Exa

Available Tools

8 tools
company_research_exaCInspect

Research companies using Exa AI - finds comprehensive information about businesses, organizations, and corporations. Provides insights into company operations, news, financial information, and industry analysis.

Inputs: companyName (required), numResults.

crawling_exaBInspect

Extract and crawl content from specific URLs using Exa AI - retrieves full text content, metadata, and structured information from web pages. Ideal for extracting detailed content from known URLs.

Inputs: url (required), maxCharacters.

deep_researcher_checkAInspect

Check the status and retrieve results of a deep research task. This tool monitors the progress of an AI agent that performs comprehensive web searches, analyzes multiple sources, and synthesizes findings into detailed research reports. The tool includes a built-in 5-second delay before checking to allow processing time. IMPORTANT: You must call this tool repeatedly (poll) until the status becomes 'completed' to get the final research results. When status is 'running', wait a few seconds and call this tool again with the same task ID.

Inputs: taskId (required).

deep_researcher_startAInspect

Start a comprehensive AI-powered deep research task for complex queries. This tool initiates an intelligent agent that performs extensive web searches, crawls relevant pages, analyzes information, and synthesizes findings into a detailed research report. The agent thinks critically about the research topic and provides thorough, well-sourced answers. Use this for complex research questions that require in-depth analysis rather than simple searches. After starting a research task, IMMEDIATELY use deep_researcher_check with the returned task ID to monitor progress and retrieve results.

Inputs: instructions (required), model.

deep_search_exaB
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Searches the web and return results in a natural language format.

Inputs: objective (required), search_queries.

get_code_context_exaA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Search and get relevant context for any programming task. Exa-code has the highest quality and freshest context for libraries, SDKs, and APIs. Use this tool for ANY question or task for related to programming. RULE: when the user's query contains exa-code or anything related to code, you MUST use this tool.

Inputs: query (required), tokensNum.

linkedin_search_exaBInspect

Search LinkedIn profiles and companies using Exa AI - finds professional profiles, company pages, and business-related content on LinkedIn. Useful for networking, recruitment, and business research.

Inputs: query (required), searchType, numResults.

web_search_exaA
Read-onlyIdempotent
Inspect

Search the web using Exa AI - performs real-time web searches and can scrape content from specific URLs. Supports configurable result counts and returns the content from the most relevant websites.

Inputs: query (required), numResults, livecrawl, type, +1 more.

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

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    TDQS

    A3.5/5.0

    Scored across 8 tools

    Disambiguation3/5

    The tools have overlapping purposes that could cause confusion. For example, web_search_exa and deep_search_exa both perform web searches, with the latter adding natural language formatting, while crawling_exa and web_search_exa both handle URL content extraction. However, descriptions help differentiate some specialized tools like get_code_context_exa and linkedin_search_exa.

    Naming Consistency4/5

    Most tools follow a consistent snake_case pattern with a '_exa' suffix, such as company_research_exa and web_search_exa. The main deviation is deep_researcher_start and deep_researcher_check, which use a different naming style without the suffix, slightly breaking the pattern.

    Tool Count5/5

    With 8 tools, the count is well-scoped for a server focused on web research and data extraction. Each tool serves a distinct function within this domain, such as company research, LinkedIn searches, and code context retrieval, making the set appropriately sized.

    Completeness4/5

    The toolset covers core research workflows, including starting and checking deep research tasks, general and specialized searches, and content extraction. A minor gap exists in lacking explicit update or delete operations for research tasks, but agents can work around this by managing task IDs and polling.

    Maintenance

    ActivityMaintained
    ResponsivenessUsually handled

    Resources

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