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Exa MCP server

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by exa.ai·ai.exa/exa·v3.4.1·5.2k stars
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Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.

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Exa tools (2)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts
  • web_fetch_exaFree

    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).

  • web_search_exaFree

    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 keywords. "blog post comparing React and Vue performance" not "React vs Vue". Use category:people / category:company to search through Linkedin profiles / companies respectively. If highlights are insufficient, follow up with web_fetch_exa on the best URLs.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-11-03 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings
  • –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
  • Live reliabilityremote reachable in 413ms20/20
  • Tool poisoning2 tool descriptions checked15/15
  • Auth qualityopen endpoint, read-only tools10/15
  • Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
  • Maintainer identityendpoint served from the registry-verified namespace domain8/10
Overall 91/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON

How Exa compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
91/100
higher than 88% of 3,443 Web search servers
Tools
2
the typical Web search server has 5
Tools that change things
0%
typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time
19 ms
faster than 98% of 2,223 Web search servers
GitHub stars
5,209
more than 96% of 1,781 Web search servers

What its tools let an agent do: 2 read

Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2025-12-05, latest 2026-09-23, typically one every 291 days.

Install Exa in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the Exa repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Exa MCP Server

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

Documentation  ·  NPM Package  ·  Get your API key

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:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Exa: common questions

Is Exa MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (91/100). Read the Exa safety report
How do I install Exa?
It runs remotely at mcp.exa.ai. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Exa need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Exa maintained?
The last commit was 13 days ago (2026-11-03). The latest release is v3.4.1.
Is Exa up?
100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of Exa?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Zotero MCP server, webclaw MCP server and Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server). Compare all Exa alternatives.
How does Exa compare with other Web search MCP servers?
safety score 91/100 (higher than 88% of 3,443 Web search servers); tools 2 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

Alternatives to Exa

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  • Exa Search
    Search the live web and fetch clean content from source pages.
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