# Exa AI

> Use this tool when you need to perform real-time web searching, company research, or deep AI-powered research workflows. It solves problems related to research tasks, business intelligence, and competitive analysis by providing up-to-date web information beyond an AI model's training data. With inputs such as search queries and company names, and outputs including relevant web pages, company information, and research results, Exa AI is ideal for use cases requiring current and comprehensive online data.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/exa-ai  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/exa-ai

## Description

This MCP server provides integration with Exa AI's search engine for real-time web searching, company research, LinkedIn profile discovery, and deep AI-powered research workflows. Built by dsouza-anush as a Heroku-deployable fork of the original Exa Labs implementation, it offers six specialized tools including web search with live crawling, company information retrieval from business sources, URL content extraction, LinkedIn-specific searches, and an intelligent deep research agent that performs multi-step analysis and synthesis. The implementation features configurable tool selection, comprehensive error handling, request logging, and supports both HTTP and stdio transports, making it valuable for research tasks, business intelligence, competitive analysis, and any use case requiring current web information beyond an AI model's training data.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.90
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** devops-ci
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/exa-ai)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/dsouza-anush/exa-mcp-server-heroku>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "exa-ai"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/exa-ai` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/exa-ai/pull`

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