ai.exa/exa

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Fast, intelligent web search and web crawling. New mcp tool: Exa-code is a context tool for coding

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Actively maintained

Last commit 7d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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What ai.exa/exa does

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

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Is ai.exa/exa safe to use?: ai.exa/exa has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install ai.exa/exa?: ai.exa/exa supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with ai.exa/exa?: ai.exa/exa is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is ai.exa/exa actively maintained?: ai.exa/exa is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 4,487 GitHub stars.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is ai.exa/exa safe to use?

ai.exa/exa has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install ai.exa/exa?

ai.exa/exa supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with ai.exa/exa?

ai.exa/exa is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is ai.exa/exa actively maintained?

ai.exa/exa is actively maintained — last commit was 7 days ago. It has 4,487 GitHub stars.