Exa
OfficialFast, intelligent web search and web crawling. New mcp tool: Exa-code is a context tool for coding
Tools (8)
web_search_exa
Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content. Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic. Returns: Clean text content from top search results, ready for LLM use. Query tips: describe the ideal page, not keywords. "blog post comparing React and Vue performance" not "React vs Vue". Use category:people to specifically search through Linkedin profiles and category:company to search through company pages. If highlights are insufficient, follow up with web_fetch_exa on the best URLs.
company_research_exa
[Deprecated: Use web_search_advanced_exa instead] Research any company to get business information, news, and insights. Best for: Learning about a company's products, services, recent news, or industry position. Returns: Company information from trusted business sources.
crawling_exa
Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL. Best for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call. Returns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).
people_search_exa
[Deprecated: Use web_search_advanced_exa instead] Find people and their professional profiles. Best for: Finding professionals, executives, or anyone with a public profile. Returns: Profile information and links.
linkedin_search_exa
⚠️ DEPRECATED: This tool is deprecated. Please use 'people_search_exa' instead. This tool will be removed in a future version. For now, it searches for people on LinkedIn using Exa AI - finds professional profiles and people.
deep_researcher_start
[Deprecated] Start an AI research agent that searches, reads, and writes a detailed report. Takes 15 seconds to 2 minutes. Best for: Complex research questions needing deep analysis and synthesis. Returns: Research ID - use deep_researcher_check to get results. Important: Call deep_researcher_check with the returned research ID to get the report.
deep_researcher_check
[Deprecated] Check status and get results from a deep research task. Best for: Getting the research report after calling deep_researcher_start. Returns: Research report when complete, or status update if still running. Important: Keep calling with the same research ID until status is 'completed'.
get_code_context_exa
Find code examples, documentation, and programming solutions. Best for: Any programming question - API usage, library examples, code snippets, debugging help. Returns: Relevant code and documentation. Query tips: describe what you're looking for specifically. "Python requests library POST with JSON body" not "python http". If highlights are insufficient, follow up with web_fetch_exa on the best URLs.