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Exa MCP Server

AI-native web search built specifically for language model retrieval.
Last updated July 18, 2026
Search/RetrievalRemote · SSETypeScript4.7k
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Overview

Exa's MCP server exposes its neural search engine — built specifically for retrieving content that's useful to language models, rather than optimized for human search result pages — as a set of tools an agent can call directly.

Use cases

Search for recent, high-quality sources on a technical topic mid-conversation.
Retrieve full page content for a set of search results in one call.
Find similar pages to a given URL for research or competitive analysis.

Install

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

FAQ

Remote — it connects over HTTPS to Exa's hosted endpoint, so there's nothing to run locally. A self-hosted npx variant is also available.