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Cursor

Exa Search for Cursor

io.github.exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Neural web search built for agents: web search with live crawling, code-context search, company research and page crawling. Needs an Exa API key.

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:4

Install Exa Search in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "exa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXA_API_KEY": "<EXA_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

What Cursor can do once it is connected

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