exa-mcp-server

Description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects to Exa AI Search API, enabling real-time web search access for AI models within the MCP framework.

Source: GitHub - exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Category: data-access-integration-mcp-servers

Tags: mcp, web-search, ai-integration, real-time, api-integration

Features

• Real-time Web Search: Enables AI assistants (such as Claude Desktop) to perform web searches using the Exa AI Search API, providing up-to-date information.
• Structured Search Results: Returns search results with titles, URLs, and content snippets for easy consumption by AI models.
• Caching: Caches recent searches for quick reference and efficiency.
• Rate Limiting & Error Handling: Gracefully manages API rate limits and error cases.
• Real-time Crawling: Supports live web crawling to fetch the latest content.
• Multiple Search Tools:
  • web_search: General-purpose real-time web search with optimized results and content extraction.
  • research_paper_search: Focused search for academic papers and research content.
  • twitter_search: Searches Twitter/X.com for tweets, profiles, and conversations.
  • company_research: Crawls and gathers detailed information from company websites.
  • crawling: Extracts content from specific URLs, including articles, PDFs, and web pages.
  • competitor_finder: Identifies competitors for a given company by searching for similar businesses.
• Tool Selection: Users can enable or disable specific search tools in the server configuration.
• Integration with Claude Desktop: Easily integrates with Claude Desktop via configuration and supports developer mode options.
• Direct CLI Usage: Can be run directly via npx or as a globally installed npm package.
• Testing Support: Compatible with MCP Inspector for interactive testing and debugging.
• Open Source: Licensed under the MIT license.

Installation & Configuration

• Prerequisites: Node.js (v18+), Claude Desktop, Exa API key, Git.
• Install via npm: npm install -g exa-mcp-server
• Install via Smithery: npx -y @smithery/cli install exa --client claude
• Manual installation: Clone repo, install dependencies, build, and link globally.
• Configuration: Edit claude_desktop_config.json to add Exa MCP server and specify API key and enabled tools.

Usage

• Once configured, allows Claude Desktop to perform real-time web searches, research paper lookups, Twitter searches, company research, content extraction from URLs, and competitor analysis.
• Results are formatted and returned to the AI assistant, with caching for efficiency.

Pricing

No pricing information is provided in the available content (the software is open source and available under the MIT license).

License: MIT