generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://exa.ai/docs/reference/exa-mcp
description: Exa operates an official remote MCP server at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp. It runs a free, rate-limited
  tier with no auth; paid/agent tools authenticate with an Exa API key (x-api-key header) or OAuth. The
  OAuth protected-resource metadata (well-known/exa-ai-mcp-oauth-protected-resource.json) points at the
  authorization server https://auth.exa.ai (scope mcp:tools, PKCE S256). A local stdio server ships as
  npx exa-mcp-server (github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server); a dedicated Websets MCP server is at github.com/exa-labs/websets-mcp-server.
  Tools captured verbatim from the Exa MCP documentation.
server:
  name: exa
  transport: http
  url: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
  auth: none-or-apikey
  free_tier: true
  protected_resource: well-known/exa-ai-mcp-oauth-protected-resource.json
  authorization_server: https://auth.exa.ai
  scopes:
  - mcp:tools
local:
- name: exa-mcp-server
  transport: stdio
  install: npx -y exa-mcp-server
  source: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- name: websets-mcp-server
  transport: stdio
  source: https://github.com/exa-labs/websets-mcp-server
tools:
- name: web_search_exa
  description: Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content.
  default: true
- name: web_fetch_exa
  description: Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown from one or more URLs.
  default: true
- name: get_code_context_exa
  description: Search for code and technical documentation context.
- name: web_search_advanced_exa
  description: Advanced web search with category filters, domain restrictions, date ranges, highlights,
    summaries, and subpage crawling.
- name: crawling_exa
  description: Crawl and extract content from specific URLs.
- name: company_research_exa
  description: Research companies with structured entity data.
- name: linkedin_search_exa
  description: Search LinkedIn profiles and companies.
- name: deep_researcher_start
  description: Start an asynchronous deep-research task.
- name: deep_researcher_check
  description: Poll a deep-research task for completion and results.
- name: agent_create_run
  description: Start async Agent runs for multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, or structured
    JSON output.
- name: agent_wait_for_run
  description: Poll a run until terminal status or timeout.
- name: agent_get_run_output
  description: Retrieve completed output with text, structured results, citations, usage, and cost data.
- name: agent_cancel_run
  description: Stop a queued or running operation.
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
  verified: probed
  probe: live
  tools: 2
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census