web_search_exa — Exa Search MCP Tool
web_search_exa
(web search exa) is one of 4 tools on the
Exa Search
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call web_search_exa from your client
- Claude Code Exa Search web_search_exa run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Exa Search web_search_exa ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Exa Search web_search_exa ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Exa Search web_search_exa .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Exa Search web_search_exa ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Exa Search web_search_exa ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Exa Search web_search_exa ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Exa Search web_search_exa ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Exa Search web_search_exa .mcp.json (in your project root)
- LangChain Exa Search web_search_exa pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add exa-mcp-server -e EXA_API_KEY=<EXA_API_KEY> -- npx -y exa-mcp-serverOther tools on this server
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.