How to connect Exa to Grok Bot

Grok is xAI's assistant, and its bot builder lets you create a personal agent that holds context, runs skills, and connects to the apps you already use through plugins.

This guide explains how to connect Exa to a Grok bot using Composio Connect, which handles OAuth, token refresh, and reliability so you do not have to. You add Composio as a plugin, authenticate once, then ask your bot to work with Exa in plain language.

Composio exposes 1,000+ apps to your Grok bot through a single connection, so you get:

• Connect to 1,000+ apps with on-demand tool loading, so you do not fill your context window with unnecessary tool definitions.
• Use programmatic tool calling through a remote workbench, letting the model write its own code to handle complex tool chaining. This reduces back-and-forth for frequent tool calls.
• Handle large tool responses outside the model context to keep conversations lean.

Connecting Exa to Grok Bot

Once Grok Bot is set up, you connect Exa entirely from its interface, and the whole flow takes under a minute.

Set up Grok Bot

1. Get access. Grok Bot is included with a paid Cursor plan (Cursor Pro, Pro+, or Ultra) or a Cursor Teams seat. You can also grant usage by linking an individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, or SuperGrok Heavy subscription to your Cursor account.

2. Download and sign in. Get the Grok Bot desktop app for macOS or Windows from x.ai/bot, then sign in with your Cursor account. An iPhone companion app is also available, and your bots sync across devices.

3. Create a bot. Pick a suggested role or define your own, then give it a short name, one primary job, and a short description of how it should work. Focused bots work best, because a clear role gives the bot more useful context over time.

Connect Exa

1. Open Plugins

Open the Grok bot you want to connect to Exa, then click Plugins in the left sidebar to open the plugin marketplace.

2. Search for Composio and add it

Type Composio into the Search plugins box and click Add on the Composio result. It then shows under 1 installed at the top of the marketplace.

3. Open the installed plugin

Go to the Installed section and click the Composio entry. You'll see its connector and skills listed (for example, 1 connector, 2 skills).

4. Authenticate

Click Authenticate. You'll be taken to the Composio consent screen. Review the access it requests and click Authorize. Composio handles the OAuth handshake for you, so you never touch API keys or tokens.

5. Connect your Exa account

Back in the chat, ask your bot to connect to Exa or give it any Exa task.

For example, ask it to:

• "Summarize recent news articles on AI safety"
• "Find similar research papers to this URL"
• "Create a webset for quarterly sales data"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in your Grok bot, and your Exa account is ready to use.

Grok is xAI's assistant, available as a chat interface and a bot builder for creating personal agents that run skills and connect to external apps.

With Composio Connect, your Grok bot can securely access apps like Exa through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

The Exa MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Exa account. It provides structured and secure access to your Exa data platform, so your agent can perform actions like extracting answers from web data, running semantic searches, managing imports, and automating monitoring across your datasets.

• Citation-backed question answering: Have your agent generate direct, source-cited answers or detailed summaries for your research questions using Exa’s advanced search.
• Semantic similarity search: Quickly find web pages or documents that are semantically related to a given URL, complete with highlights or summaries for context.
• Data import and webset management: Let your agent create, configure, or delete imports and websets to streamline data gathering and enrichment workflows.
• Automated data monitoring: Schedule and manage monitors for websets to keep your data fresh and up-to-date with minimal manual intervention.
• Event tracking and retrieval: Access a full history of system events or fetch details for specific events to stay on top of activity within your Exa environment.

Way Forward

Now that Exa is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so your Grok bot can run true cross-app workflows end to end.

• Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically.
• Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works.
• Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs.
• Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps.

Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single connection, your bot can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation.