# Exa (MCP server)

> Exa is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research. It has 5,088 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp.

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 5,088 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | streamable-http |
| Packages | none (remote only) |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | ai.exa/exa |

## Install

### Claude Desktop

```
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
```

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

### Claude Code

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "exa": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Tools

- `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
- `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

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