Exa AI Search

MCP service at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp (http) with 2 tools.

Requirements

• mh CLI must be installed. If not available, install with:

  curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vaayne/mcphub/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
  

Usage

List tools: `mh list -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http`
Get tool details: `mh inspect -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http <tool-name>`
Invoke tool: `mh invoke -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http <tool-name> '{"param": "value"}'`

Notes

• Run inspect before invoking unfamiliar tools to get full parameter schema
• Timeout: 30s default, use --timeout <seconds> to adjust
• getCodeContextExa is best for programming-related queries (libraries, SDKs, APIs)
• webSearchExa returns clean text content ready for LLM use

Tools

Tool	Description
webSearchExa	Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content. Best for: current information, news, facts, or answering questions about any topic.
getCodeContextExa	Find code examples, documentation, and programming solutions. Searches GitHub, Stack Overflow, and official docs. Best for: API usage, library examples, code snippets, debugging.

Tool Parameters

webSearchExa

Required:
  query (string)                — web search query

Optional:
  numResults (number)           — number of results to return (default: 8)
  category (string)             — filter: "company" | "research paper" | "people"
  livecrawl (string)            — "fallback" (default) | "preferred"
  type (string)                 — "auto" (default) | "fast"
  contextMaxCharacters (number) — max chars in response (default: 10000)

getCodeContextExa

Required:
  query (string)         — search query, e.g. "React useState hook examples"

Optional:
  tokensNum (number)     — tokens to return, 1000–50000 (default: 5000)

Examples

# Web search
mh invoke -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http webSearchExa '{"query": "openclaw plugins"}'

# Web search with options
mh invoke -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http webSearchExa '{"query": "Go 1.23 release notes", "numResults": 5}'

# Code context
mh invoke -u https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -t http getCodeContextExa '{"query": "Go chi router middleware examples"}'