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  "slug": "exa-mcp",
  "name": "Exa MCP",
  "url": "https://exa.ai/docs/reference/exa-mcp",
  "cat": "mcp",
  "group": "ai",
  "tagline": "Official MCP server (AI web search)",
  "price": "Free rate-limited usage without sign-in or API key; new accounts get free credits at signup. Paid usage with API key.",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "Exa's open-source server at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp, or run locally via npm with your API key. Default tools are web_search_exa and web_fetch_exa, which returns pages as markdown; optional tools add agent_run for multi-step research and advanced filtered search. No API key is needed for casual use.",
  "why": "Gives the agent embeddings-based search tuned to surface real technical pages rather than SEO filler. The keyless free tier means you can wire it up and test it inside a minute.",
  "warn": "Keyless use is rate-limited and not intended for production. Agent research runs cost $0.012 to $1.00 each, and raw search results dumped into context are expensive in tokens.",
  "install": "claude mcp add --transport http exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
  "format": "text",
  "category": {
    "key": "mcp",
    "name": "MCP servers & registries",
    "desc": "How your agent reaches past the terminal. Directory scale is not a quality signal.",
    "group": "ai",
    "groupName": "Put AI inside it"
  },
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  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": "https://exa.ai/docs/get-started/exa-mcp",
    "checked_at": "2026-10-02T21:45:13.329+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": "2026-09-29T16:15:06.871+00:00",
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}