Exa Search MCP — tool skill for research & trends
For AI agents: find the right skill in one call —
curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add.mdto its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.
Neural web search and crawling for research agents.
- Type: Tool · Research & trends
- Slug:
exa-mcp - Status: live
- Publisher: Exa (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- Works in: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, Any MCP client
- Requires: Exa account (OAuth or API key)
- Cost: Billed by Exa; free tier available
- Adoption: 5,175 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-26)
What it does
The official Exa MCP server: web search that understands descriptions ("music video with a one-take dance through a supermarket"), plus page fetching. A good general research layer under every Discover guide when a platform has no API.
Use when
- Find pages and articles describing a look or format
- Research a director or a campaign
Install
- Claude Code:
claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official - Codex:
codex mcp add exa --url https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp - Any MCP client:
https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
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