Exa MCP Server for AI Web Search

Connect Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other AI tools to Exa's search, code search, and research capabilities via MCP. Free and open-source.

Works with your favorite AI tools

CursorVS CodeClaude CodeClaude DesktopCodexOpenCodeWindsurfZedGemini CLIv0 by VercelWarpKiroRoo Code

Get Started

Choose your platform and copy the config. No API key required.

Cursor VS Code Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex OpenCode Windsurf Zed Gemini CLI v0 by Vercel Warp Kiro Roo Code Other

Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

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

Or use the raw MCP URL:

https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Real-world examples of what you can do with Exa MCP.

"Research the founders of Acme Corp"

Pull company info, funding history, and recent news before calls.

"What happened with OpenAI today?"

Get results from the last hours or days, not stale training data.

"Stripe webhooks in Next.js"

Find working code examples from GitHub, Stack Overflow, and official docs instead of hallucinated APIs.

"Compare Notion vs Coda vs Slite"

Pull funding data, product announcements, team changes, and recent press coverage.

"Read this blog post and summarize it"

Fetch the full content of any webpage as clean markdown, ready for your AI to read and work with.

"Recent papers on RAG"

Search arXiv, Semantic Scholar, and research blogs for papers with full citations.

Install in seconds. Free to use, open-source, and works with Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and all major AI coding assistants.