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Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!

Overview

Connect AI assistants to Exa's search capabilities: web search, code search, and company research. Exa is available as a native Claude Connector — no config files or terminal commands needed. 1. Open Claude Desktop (or ) and go to 2. Search for in the directory 3. Click to add it That's it! Claude will now have access to Exa's search tools. Add to your config file (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows): Open the MCP Store panel (from the "..." dropdown in the side panel), then add a custom server with: Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json: Or add manually: open LM Studio, go to the Program tab, click , and add:

README

Exa MCP Server

Connect AI assistants to Exa’s search capabilities: web search, code search, and company research.

Full Documentation | npm Package | Get Your Exa API Key

Installation

Connect to Exa’s hosted MCP server:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Get your API key

Available Tools

Enabled by Default:

Tool	Description
`web_search_exa`	Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content
`web_fetch_exa`	Get the full content of a specific webpage from a known URL

Off by Default:

Tool	Description
`web_search_advanced_exa`	Advanced web search with full control over filters, domains, dates, and content options

Exa Agent Tools (optional, OAuth or API key required):

Tool	Description
`agent_create_run`	Start an async Exa Agent run for multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, or structured output
`agent_wait_for_run`	Poll an Agent run until terminal status or timeout
`agent_get_run_output`	Retrieve completed text, structured output, grounding, usage, and cost
`agent_cancel_run`	Cancel a queued or running Agent run

Deprecated (still available for backwards compatibility):

Tool	Use instead
`get_code_context_exa`	`web_search_exa`
`company_research_exa`	`web_search_advanced_exa`
`crawling_exa`	`web_fetch_exa`
`people_search_exa`	`web_search_advanced_exa`
`linkedin_search_exa`	`web_search_advanced_exa`
`deep_researcher_start`	Research API
`deep_researcher_check`	Research API
`deep_search_exa`	`web_search_advanced_exa`

Enable additional tools with the tools parameter:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?exaApiKey=YOUR_KEY&tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,web_fetch_exa

If you want to use Exa Agent, enable the optional toolset like so:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=agent_tools

If you want both search and Exa Agent tools enabled:

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

Agent Skills (Claude Skills)

Ready-to-use skills for Claude Code. Each skill teaches Claude how to use Exa search for a specific task. Copy the content inside a dropdown and paste it into Claude Code — it handles the rest.

Links

Built with ❤️ by Exa

View this README on GitHub

Install

npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}