Exa MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Exa MCP or direct API to extract web data, run custom searches, analyze content, and generate structured reports through natural language.

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Exa is a data extraction and search platform for gathering and analyzing information from websites, APIs, or databases. It helps teams quickly surface insights and automate data-driven workflows.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Exa action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Generate an answer

Generates a direct, citation-backed answer to a clear natural language question or topic using Exa's search, adept at both specific answers and detailed summaries for open-ended queries.

Create Import

Tool to create a new import to upload data into a Webset.

Create a Monitor

Tool to create a new Monitor.

Create Research Task

Creates an asynchronous research task that explores the web, gathers sources, synthesizes findings, and returns results with citations.

Create Webset

Tool to create a new Webset with search, import, and enrichment setup.

Delete import

Tool to delete an existing import.

Delete webset

Tool to delete a Webset.

Find similar

Finds web pages semantically similar to a given URL using embeddings-based search, optionally retrieving full text, highlights, or summaries for results.

Get API Key

Tool to retrieve details of a specific API key by its ID.

Get contents from URLs or document IDs

Retrieves configurable text and highlights from a list of Exa document IDs or publicly accessible URLs.

Get Event

Tool to get details of a specific event by its ID.

Get Research Task

Tool to retrieve the status and results of a previously created research task.

List events

Tool to list all events that have occurred in the system.

List imports

Tool to list all imports for the Webset.

List research tasks

Tool to retrieve a paginated list of your research tasks.

List webhooks

Tool to list all webhooks for Websets.

Search

Performs a web search using the Exa engine, useful for queries requiring advanced filtering, specific content categories, or AI-optimized prompting.

Update import

Tool to update an import configuration by ID.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Exa MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["exa"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Exa and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "Find web pages similar to this URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2649-2",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Exa request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Exa API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["exa"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Exa
3

Run Exa tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "Find web pages similar to this URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2649-2" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Exa tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Exa Integration

  • Supports both Exa MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Exa data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Exa access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Exa
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Exa resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Exa requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Exa connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your Exa account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Exa actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Exa at any time.

When you connect a Exa account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Exa as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Exa. If Exa lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Exa at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Exa connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Exa rejects the old key. Create a new key in Exa and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Exa. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Exa use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Exa plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Exa accounts).

With Composio, you connect Exa once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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