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MCP Server~350ms avg

Exa MCP Server

Neural search engine - find semantically relevant web content and documents.

Install
claude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-server

About

Exa's MCP server adds neural/semantic search to Claude Code. Unlike keyword-based search, Exa understands meaning - find similar documents, research topics in depth, and discover relevant content across the web. Supports filtering by domain, date, and content type. Excellent for research tasks where traditional search falls short.

Tags

searchneuralsemanticresearchexa

Score Breakdown

CLI Score Breakdown7/11
Official SDK on npm/pip+2
Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
Works in headless/CI environments+2
CLI tool available0
JSON response for piping/parsing+1
Docs have curl/CLI examples0
Reasonable rate limits for scripted use0
Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads5.0k
GitHub stars1.8k
Days since last release20d
Issue close ratio68%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualitygood
Breaking changesoccasional

Performance

Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-25
p50
280ms
avg
350ms
p95
800ms

Scores

CLI
7
Quality
7
AuthorExa
Weekly installs5,000
Last updated3/13/2026

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