Overview

The Exa MCP Server connects AI assistants to Exa's search capabilities, providing semantic web search, code search, and company research. Unlike keyword-based search engines, Exa uses neural network embeddings to understand the meaning behind queries, returning highly relevant results.

Official Server:

Developed and maintained by Exa Labs

Key Features

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Semantic Web Search

Neural network-based search that understands meaning, not just keywords

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Company Research

Find company info, competitors, news, financials, and LinkedIn profiles

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Code Context Search

Find code snippets, API docs, and programming solutions from across the web

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Web Content Fetching

Retrieve full page content from any URL with clean text extraction

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Date & Domain Filtering

Filter results by publish date, crawl date, and specific domains

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Multi-Client Support

Works with Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, Zed, and more

Available Tools

Quick Reference

Tool	Purpose	Category
`web_search_exa`	Semantic web search for any topic	Search
`web_search_advanced_exa`	Advanced search with full filter control	Search
`web_fetch_exa`	Get full content of a specific webpage	Content

Detailed Usage

web_search_exa▶

Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content.

{
  "query": "Rust async runtime comparison 2025",
  "numResults": 10,
  "type": "auto"
}

web_search_advanced_exa▶

Advanced search with full control over filters, domains, dates, and content options.

{
  "query": "LLM agent architectures",
  "category": "research paper",
  "startPublishedDate": "2025-01-01",
  "numResults": 15,
  "type": "deep"
}

web_fetch_exa▶

Get the full content of a specific webpage from a known URL.

{
  "url": "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code",
  "textMaxCharacters": 5000
}

Installation

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

API Key Required:

Get your free API key from exa.ai to start searching.

Configuration

The server supports multiple categories for targeted search:

Category	Use Case
`auto` (no category)	General web search
`company`	Company homepages, headcount, funding data
`news`	Press coverage, announcements
`research paper`	Academic papers from arXiv, OpenReview
`personal site`	Personal blogs, portfolios
`people`	LinkedIn profiles and public bios
`financial report`	SEC filings, earnings reports

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