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Exa MCP Server Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. Documentation · NPM Package · Get your API key

by ai.exa5.1k starsv3.4.1MITGitHub npm

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Server URL

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Provider

Claude Code

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

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai.exa-exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

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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:

claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

Codex / ChatGPT

Install via Plugins in ChatGPT, or run:

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

Other MCP Clients

Most clients can be configured manually with the standard mcpServers shape:

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

Exa MCP works with most other clients, point them at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp.

Client	Where to add it
Kiro	Use the Kiro power, or add manually to `~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json`
LM Studio	Add to LM Studio, or add manually to `mcp.json`
Replit	Add to Replit

Tool	Description
`web_search_exa`	Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content
`web_fetch_exa`	Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown from one or more URLs

Tool	Description
`agent_run`	Run an Exa Agent for multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, and structured output
`web_search_advanced_exa`	Advanced search with filters, domains, dates, highlights, summaries, and subpage crawling

Skill	Path	Use when
`search`	`skills/search/`	Deep research, lead gen, competitive analysis, multi-step web investigation
`exa-agent`	`skills/exa-agent/`	Exa Agent runs, enrichment, structured output, Connect providers

Exa

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

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Firecrawl

Notion

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Agent Plugin

Claude

Codex / ChatGPT

Other MCP Clients

Available Tools

Default Tools

Optional Tools (enable via the `tools` parameter)

Agent Skills

Authentication

Exa

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

More like this

Firecrawl

Notion

Context7

Agent Plugin

Claude

Codex / ChatGPT

Other MCP Clients

Available Tools

Default Tools

Optional Tools (enable via the tools parameter)

Agent Skills

Authentication

Optional Tools (enable via the `tools` parameter)