exa

name	exa
description	Semantic web search and company research via Exa

Exa MCP Tools

When to Use

• Finding specific code examples and patterns
• Company and product research
• Academic and technical content discovery
• Finding obscure or specialized sources

Available Tools

• mcp__exa__web_search_exa — Semantic web search with content extraction
• mcp__exa__company_research_exa — Focused company/product research
• mcp__exa__get_code_context_exa — Find code examples and technical context

Query Strategies

• Exa excels at semantic search: phrase queries as natural language, not keywords
• Use get_code_context_exa for finding implementation patterns across the web
• company_research_exa is best for competitive analysis and product comparisons
• Set numResults to control breadth (default 5, up to 10 for comprehensive searches)
• Set tokensNum for code context to control depth of each result

Limitations

• API key required
• Results are web content, not synthesized — you'll need to synthesize yourself
• Better for discovery than for authoritative reference