exa-mcp-server
Platform for web search and crawling using Model Context Protocol.
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Decision brief
The exa-mcp-server is centered around web search and crawling activities using TypeScript, leveraging the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for its operations.
Good fit when
- Use when needing a specialized platform for web searches and crawls that integrates with MCP.
- Suitable if your project primarily involves TypeScript-based development for enhanced web scraping tasks.
Avoid when
- Avoid for environments strictly requiring support from languages other than TypeScript as there is no alternative language implementation available in the repository.
- Not recommended for scenarios where integration with technologies outside of MCP is essential to workflow as this server tightly binds operations to the MCP.
Observed Jul 17, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Adoption
Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (4,926) are secondary evidence.
- npm downloads (30d)
- 115,296·npm downloads API·today
Maintenance and security
Full trust report- Maintenance
- Very active (5d since push)
- As of today
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
- As of today
- Security (OSV)
- No MCP manifest
- As of 1mo
Public GitHub metadata and optional OSV scans. Signals, not a guarantee. Trust methodology.
Install
npm install exa-mcp-serverSimilar tools
Same-category neighbours. No typed graph edges are catalogued for this tool yet.
Evidence and technical details
Sourced facts, taxonomy, compatibility claims, README excerpt, and machine-readable endpoints.
Overview
The exa-labs/exa-mcp-server repository offers tools for performing web searches and crawling operations through the use of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), primarily coded in TypeScript.
Capability facts
- Deploy
- Self-host
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 26, 2026
- Docker
- Dockerfile present
Source: dockerfile:Dockerfile · Aug 26, 2026
- CLI
- CLI entrypoint
Source: package.json:bin|scripts · Aug 26, 2026
- MCP server
- Ships MCP server
Source: package.json:@modelcontextprotocol/* · Aug 26, 2026
- Languages
- typescript, javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 26, 2026
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README
Installation
Connect to Exa's hosted MCP server:
https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
Or use a plugin when your client supports one.
For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.