A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets AI assistants like Claude use the Exa AI Search API for web searches. This setup allows AI models to get real-time web information in a safe and controlled…
Exa MCP Server 🔍 is an MCP project maintained in the aditya002p/mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server lets AI assistants like Claude use the Exa AI Search API for web searches. This setup allows AI models…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using npx. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares EXA_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| web_search_exa | Performs real-time web searches with optimized results and content extraction. |
| research_paper_search | Specialized search focused on academic papers and research content. |
| twitter_search | Dedicated Twitter/X.com search that finds tweets, profiles, and conversations. |
| company_research | Comprehensive company research tool that crawls company websites to gather detailed information about businesses. |
| crawling | Extracts content from specific URLs, useful for reading articles, PDFs, or any web page when you have the exact URL. |
| competitor_finder | Identifies competitors of a company by searching for businesses offering similar products or services. |
| linkedin_search | Search LinkedIn for companies and people using Exa AI. Simply include company names, person names, or specific LinkedIn URLs in your query. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"/path/to/exa-mcp-server/build/index.js"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EXA_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| EXA_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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