mcp server

Exa

Neural web search and page content retrieval through Exa's hosted or local MCP server.

exa-labs/exa-mcp-serverofficiallistedunreviewednot running here yet

Set up

Hosted by its author. Add the URL to your agent — nothing to install.

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

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: Exa
URL:  https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

Tools provided

As listed by the project. Your agent asks before calling them, depending on its settings.

web_search_exaSearch the web
web_fetch_exaFetch page content
web_search_advanced_exaSearch with advanced filters (optional)
agent_runRun an Exa agent (optional)

README

synced Oct 13, 2026

Exa

Neural web search and page content retrieval through Exa's hosted or local MCP server.

Install

Hosted endpoint:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

npx -y exa-mcp-server

Tools

web_search_exa — Search the web
web_fetch_exa — Fetch page content
web_search_advanced_exa — Search with advanced filters (optional)
agent_run — Run an Exa agent (optional)

About this listing

Details were gathered from the project's public pages on 2026-10-13 and have not been reviewed by a person yet. Read the project's own documentation before giving it access to anything sensitive.

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