exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
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Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!
MCP
exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
Added 1 June 2026
Overview
Exa MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol to provide web search and web crawling capabilities. It is built in TypeScript and allows AI agents to retrieve live web data through a standardized interface.
Best for
Best for
Developers building MCP-based AI agents that need live web data
Use cases
- Integrating web search into an MCP-compatible AI agent
- Crawling web pages for content extraction via MCP tools
- Building a research assistant that queries the web in real time
How to use
Tools exposed
web_search_exaweb_fetch_exaweb_search_advanced_exaagent_create_runagent_wait_for_runagent_get_run_outputagent_cancel_runget_code_context_exacompany_research_exacrawling_exapeople_search_exalinkedin_search_exadeep_researcher_startdeep_researcher_checkdeep_search_exa
Tested with
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code
Example client config
{\n "mcpServers": {\n "exa": {\n "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"\n }\n }\n}Notes
Exa MCP Server implements the Model Context Protocol to provide web search and web crawling capabilities. It is built in TypeScript and allows AI agents to retrieve live web data through a standardized interface.
4,513 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-22. Licensed MIT.
Use cases
- Integrating web search into an MCP-compatible AI agent
- Crawling web pages for content extraction via MCP tools
- Building a research assistant that queries the web in real time
Pros
- Open source with a large community (over 4,500 stars)
- Written in TypeScript, offering type safety and broad ecosystem compatibility
- Combines both search and crawling in one MCP server
Cons
- Requires an MCP-compatible client or framework to be useful
- Web crawling may be subject to rate limits and robots.txt restrictions
- As a server, it needs to be hosted or run locally, adding operational overhead
Indexed from awesome-mcp-servers-punkpeye and enriched against its public facts.
Pros
- Open source with a large community (over 4,500 stars)
- Written in TypeScript, offering type safety and broad ecosystem compatibility
- Combines both search and crawling in one MCP server
Cons
- Requires an MCP-compatible client or framework to be useful
- Web crawling may be subject to rate limits and robots.txt restrictions
- As a server, it needs to be hosted or run locally, adding operational overhead
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