exa
ai.exa/exa · v3.1.3
Fast, intelligent web search and web crawling. New mcp tool: Exa-code is a context tool for coding
Install exa
Ready-to-paste config for every major MCP client
claude mcp add --transport http exa https://ai.exa/mcp
Why Frontier?
500+ GitHub stars · battle-tested, widely adopted, safe default.
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What is exa?
exa is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server in the Search category. Fast, intelligent web search and web crawling. New mcp tool: Exa-code is a context tool for coding
How is exa rated?
BenchGecko rates exa Frontier on the Gecko Rating ladder (84/100). 500+ GitHub stars · battle-tested, widely adopted, safe default. The underlying GitHub repository has 4,215 stars.
How do I install exa?
exa supports Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code. Each client needs a different config format · BenchGecko shows ready-to-paste snippets for all four above. Stdio servers run locally via npx; streamable-http and SSE servers connect over the network.
Does exa support streaming?
exa uses the Streamable HTTP transport. Streamable HTTP is the newer MCP spec for long-lived network connections.
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