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exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

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Exa MCP for web search and web crawling!

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MCP

exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Added 1 June 2026

#code-search #codesearch #crawling #mcp #mcp-server #model-context-protocol #web-search #websearch

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_exa
  • web_fetch_exa
  • web_search_advanced_exa
  • agent_create_run
  • agent_wait_for_run
  • agent_get_run_output
  • agent_cancel_run
  • get_code_context_exa
  • company_research_exa
  • crawling_exa
  • people_search_exa
  • linkedin_search_exa
  • deep_researcher_start
  • deep_researcher_check
  • deep_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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