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Windsurf exa web_fetch_exa

How to: Windsurf exa web_fetch_exa

client:Windsurf transport:streamable-http tool:web_fetch_exa

Add exa to Windsurf

  1. 01

    Open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there. 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Windsurf.

  2. 03

    Ask for something web_fetch_exa does. Windsurf lists the server's tools on connect and calls web_fetch_exa itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that exa's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Global only — Windsurf has no per-project MCP config. Refresh Cascade after saving. Windsurf docs

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.

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