exa-search

name	exa-search
description	Use Exa for web/code/company research (web_search_exa / get_code_context_exa / company_research_exa), with parameters and examples; trigger when online search or parameter checks are needed.

Exa

Tools and parameters

web_search_exa

• Purpose: general web search, returns ready-to-use text content
• Parameters:
  • query: search query (required)
  • numResults: number of results (default 8)
  • type: auto | fast (default auto)
  • livecrawl: preferred | fallback (default fallback)
  • contextMaxCharacters: max text length (default 10000)

get_code_context_exa

• Purpose: code/docs/technical search
• Parameters:
  • query: search query (required)
  • tokensNum: returned token count (1000-50000, default 5000)

company_research_exa

• Purpose: company info and news
• Parameters:
  • companyName: company name (required)
  • numResults: number of results (default 5)

Parameter templates (JSON)

web_search_exa

{"query":"...", "numResults":8, "type":"auto", "livecrawl":"preferred", "contextMaxCharacters":10000}

get_code_context_exa

{"query":"...", "tokensNum":5000}

company_research_exa

{"companyName":"...", "numResults":5}

Invocation examples

URL="https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,get_code_context_exa,company_research_exa"
npx -y mcporter call --http-url "$URL" --tool web_search_exa --args '{"query":"latest AI safety research"}'
npx -y mcporter call --http-url "$URL" --tool get_code_context_exa --args '{"query":"React useEffect cleanup examples","tokensNum":5000}'
npx -y mcporter call --http-url "$URL" --tool company_research_exa --args '{"companyName":"OpenAI","numResults":5}'

Notes

• Tools and fields reference: references/exa-tools.md
• If you need an API key, pass exaApiKey as a request parameter