Exa Web Search (Free)
Neural search for web, code, and company research. No API key required.
Setup
Verify mcporter is configured:
bash
mcporter list exa
If not listed:
bash
mcporter config add exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
Core Tools
web_search_exa
Search web for current info, news, or facts.
mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "latest AI news 2026", numResults: 5)'
Parameters:
- query - Search query
- numResults (optional, default: 8)
- type (optional) - "auto", "fast", or "deep"
get_code_context_exa
Find code examples and docs from GitHub, Stack Overflow.
mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "React hooks examples", tokensNum: 3000)'
Parameters:
- query - Code/API search query
- tokensNum (optional, default: 5000) - Range: 1000-50000
company_research_exa
Research companies for business info and news.
mcporter call 'exa.company_research_exa(companyName: "Anthropic", numResults: 3)'
Parameters:
- companyName - Company name
- numResults (optional, default: 5)
Advanced Tools (Optional)
Six additional tools available by updating config URL:
- 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
Enable all tools: ```bash 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