Exa Web Search (Free)

Setup

mcporter list exa

mcporter config add exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Core Tools

web_search_exa

mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "latest AI news 2026", numResults: 5)'

• query

  - Search query

• numResults

  (optional, default: 8)

• type

  (optional) -

  "auto"

  ,

  "fast"

  , or

  "deep"

get_code_context_exa

mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "React hooks examples", tokensNum: 3000)'

• query

  - Code/API search query

• tokensNum

  (optional, default: 5000) - Range: 1000-50000

company_research_exa

mcporter call 'exa.company_research_exa(companyName: "Anthropic", numResults: 3)'

• companyName

  - Company name

• numResults

  (optional, default: 5)

Advanced Tools (Optional)

• web_search_advanced_exa

  - Domain/date filters

• deep_search_exa

  - Query expansion

• crawling_exa

  - Full page extraction

• people_search_exa

  - Professional profiles

• deep_researcher_start/check

  - AI research agent

mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"

# Then use:
mcporter call 'exa-full.deep_search_exa(query: "AI safety research")'

Tips

• Web: Use

  type: "fast"

  for quick lookup,

  "deep"

  for thorough research
• Code: Lower

  tokensNum

  (1000-2000) for focused, higher (5000+) for comprehensive
• See examples.md for more patterns

Resources

• GitHub
• npm
• Docs