What tools does the exa MCP server provide?

exa exposes 2 tools: web_fetch_exa, web_search_exa. This list was returned by the running server when we connected to it.

Does exa require an API key?

No. exa answered a tools/list request without credentials.

How do I install exa?

Run: claude mcp add --transport http exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp. One-click install links for Cursor and VS Code are also available on the server's page.

Connection check verified live · 20h ago

exa

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

Web search & scraping Databases & SQL

Tools 2

GitHub stars 4,967

Installs / wk 25.5k

Licence MIT

Transport streamable-http, stdio

Last checked 20h ago

Tools & capabilities

2 tools

Read from the running server on 20h ago.

web_fetch_exa read-only urls*maxCharacters

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. B…

web_search_exa read-only query*numResults

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 top…