MCP Server

Exa MCP Server

Name: Exa MCP Server
Author: Exa Labs

by Exa Labs

AI-native web search via the Exa Search API.

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About Exa

The Exa MCP server empowers AI assistants to perform real-time web searches through the Exa AI Search API. Provides structured search results, rate limiting handling, caching of recent searches, customizable search parameters, and automatic live crawling.

How to install Exa

Transport: Remote (Streamable HTTP)
Hosted endpoint: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Install or run

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

Client configuration

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

Copied from the official README — verified October 4, 2026. Replace placeholder keys with your own credentials.

Client setup documented by the maintainer

Client	Setup steps in README
Claude Desktop	Not documented
Claude Code	Not documented
Cursor	Yes
VS Code	Yes
Windsurf	Yes

“Not documented” means the README has no client-specific steps — most MCP clients can still run a remote server from the configuration above.

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