Exa Search

by Exa

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Web & Search

searchwebneural-searchresearchcrawling

Summary

Real-time web search and crawling built for AI — neural search with configurable tools and live content retrieval.

Features

Real-time neural web search
Live page content retrieval
Configurable tool selection
Adjustable result counts
Research-oriented results

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
Merge the snippet below into it, filling in the environment variables with your own values.
Restart the agent — the "Exa Search" tools will be available.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXA_API_KEY": "your-exa-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add the server with a single CLI command.

claude mcp add exa -e EXA_API_KEY=your-exa-api-key -- npx -y exa-mcp-server

Claude Desktop

Add the server to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXA_API_KEY": "your-exa-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Description

The Exa MCP server connects an agent to Exa's AI-native search API for real-time web search and crawling. It offers configurable search tools, adjustable result counts, and live page content retrieval, so assistants can find and read current information on the web.

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