Set up Exa

Neural web search, page contents and code-context search for agents, hosted by Exa or run locally with an API key.

Publisher

Exa Official

Hosted endpoint

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Run locally

npx -y exa-mcp-server

Transports

streamable-http, stdio

Authentication

OAuth or an API key as query parameter, bearer or x-api-key header; EXA_API_KEY when local.

Environment

EXA_API_KEY

What it can touch

Read-only.

Licence

MIT

Source

github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Status

Active

Install

The vendor hosts this server, so you only add its URL and nothing runs on your machine. If it needs authentication, the row above says how; OAuth servers prompt you on first connection.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http --scope project exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Cursor

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

Codex

[mcp_servers.exa]
url = "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"

Run it locally instead (Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXA_API_KEY": "${env:EXA_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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