Yes, Exa Search is free to use.

How do I install Exa Search?

Exa Search is a local plugin. Install it using PyPI package: exa-mcp-server and add the generated configuration snippet to your AI app's MCP config file. Then restart your AI app.

What AI apps work with Exa Search?

Exa Search uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and works with any MCP-compatible AI app, including Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, and more.

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Exa Search MCP Server

by Exa Labs

AI & MLUse Caution4.2Local

Free

AI-powered web search for research, code, and company data

About

The Exa Search MCP Server provides AI-powered web search optimized for research, code, and company data. Exa uses neural search to understand the meaning behind queries, delivering more relevant results than traditional keyword-based search engines.

Built by Exa Labs, this server connects to the Exa API for semantic web search. It supports finding similar pages, searching by content type (research papers, companies, code), and extracting clean text content from results.

Perfect for research-heavy workflows where finding specific, high-quality sources matters more than keyword matching.

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa-search": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Security Report

4.2

Use Caution4.2High Risk

This MCP server provides search capabilities via Exa API with proper environment-based configuration and rate limiting. While the codebase shows good structure and security practices, there are several areas of concern including some credential handling issues and incomplete code review due to truncation. Supply chain analysis found 6 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 6 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

4 tools verified · Open access · 11 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

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Perfect for research-heavy workflows where finding specific, high-quality sources matters more than keyword matching.

Security Report

4.2

Use Caution4.2High Risk

4 tools verified · Open access · 11 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

Check that this permission is expected for this type of plugin.

Exa Search MCP Server

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