MCP server

Exa Official

ai.exa/exa

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.

Source

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

exa.ai (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

2

Token cost

About 596 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

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

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

{"servers":{"exa":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"exa","server_url":"https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"exa","server_url":"https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"}

Tools

• web_fetch_exa ~198 tokens
  Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL. Best for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call. Returns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).
• web_search_exa ~398 tokens
  Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content. Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic. Returns: Clean text content from top search results. Query tips: describe the ideal page, not key

Browse

• More Exa tools
• Web search
• Converting to Markdown
• Social media
• News

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