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
