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Exa is an AI-powered search engine that finds high-quality web content with neural search. The Exa MCP server lets you search, extract content, find similar pages, and get citation-backed answers using natural language.

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What Can It Do?

  • Search the web with neural and keyword search for relevant results
  • Extract content including full text, summaries, and metadata from URLs
  • Find similar pages to broaden research coverage
  • Get answers with citations from reliable web sources

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Where to Use It

Add Exa as a tool to any agent. The agent can then search and research conversationally, choosing the right actions based on context. To add an MCP tool to your agent:
  1. Open your agent’s configuration
  2. Click Add tools → Connect an app with MCP
  3. Search for the integration and select it
  4. Authenticate with your account
You can control which tools your agent has access to. After adding an integration, click on it to enable or disable specific tools based on what your agent needs.

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In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

For automated pipelines, use an Agent Node with Exa tools. This gives you the flexibility of an agent within a deterministic workflow.

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As a Custom MCP Node

You can also create a standalone MCP node for a specific action. This generates a reusable node that performs one task, useful when you need the same operation repeatedly in workflows.
To create a custom MCP node:
  1. Go to your node library and search for the integration
  2. Click Create a node with AI
  3. Describe the specific action you want (e.g., “Search for AI startup funding news”)
  4. Test the node and save it for reuse
Custom MCP nodes are single-purpose by design. For tasks that require multiple steps or dynamic decision-making, use an agent instead.

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Available Tools

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Credit Costs

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Example Prompts

Use these with your agent or in the Agent Node: Search the web:
Extract content:
Find related sources:
Get an answer:
Start research:

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Troubleshooting

Agents are smart enough to chain multiple API calls together. For example, asking “Research AI trends and summarize” will search, get contents, and synthesize. If results seem off, check the agent’s step-by-step reasoning.

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Need Help?

Use this integration directly in Claude or Cursor. Connect remotely via the Exa MCP server using credentials from your Connectors page.