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exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Exa MCP for web search and web crawling! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server · homepage · TypeScript · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 46

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 644
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 12
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

4926 stars · 377 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

An open-source MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects AI assistants and agents to Exa's web search, code search, content fetching, and multi-step research tools. It is available as a hosted endpoint (mcp.exa.ai/mcp) or self-hosted, with one-click installs for Cursor, VS Code, Claude, ChatGPT/Codex, and other MCP clients.

Use cases

  • give my AI agent live web search
  • connect Claude Desktop to web search
  • search the web from Cursor or VS Code
  • fetch page contents for LLM research
  • multi-step web research for AI agents
  • code search across the web for coding assistants
  • add an MCP search tool to my chatbot

When to choose

  • you use an MCP-compatible assistant (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex) and want web search or crawling tools
  • you want a hosted, zero-setup search MCP endpoint
  • you need content fetching and multi-step research tools for agents

When to avoid

  • you need a general-purpose search API outside of AI agent workflows (use the Exa SDKs directly)
  • you require fully offline or self-contained search with no external API dependency
  • your client does not support the Model Context Protocol

Facets

service · maturity active

search-engine web-scraping mcp agent-framework rag artificial-intelligence developer-tools cloud self-hosted mcp-server web-search code-search content-fetching exa-api ai-assistants claude cursor research-tools ai-agents search retrieval-augmented-generation nodejs typescript web-server

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Member repositories

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