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Exa Neural Semantic Search & Research Paper Discovery MCP
Neural semantic web search built for AI agents: retrieve arXiv papers, GitHub repositories, company profiles, and cited technical essays with clean full-te
⚡ 1-Click Agent & Developer Install
Zero Auth · Ready for Grok Bot, Claude Code & Cursorclaude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-server
Copy-Paste System Prompt / Routine Blueprint:
Connect to the Exa Neural Semantic Search & Research Paper Discovery MCP (exa-search-mcp) MCP server using `claude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-server`. First run a read-only discovery check invoking `exa_neural_search` to verify connectivity and credentials, then summarize the structured response and ask before executing any state-modifying tool calls.
Synthesized Engineering Blueprint & Setup Guide
### Server Architecture & Capability Summary
**Exa Neural Semantic Search & Research Paper Discovery MCP** (`exa-search-mcp`) is a verified **STDIO** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server curated with **@swyx** for Grok Bot, Claude Code, and Cursor.
Neural semantic web search built for AI agents: retrieve arXiv papers, GitHub repositories, company profiles, and cited technical essays with clean full-text highlights.
### 1-Click CLI Installation
Run the command below to register `exa-search-mcp` in Claude Code or your MCP client:
```bash
claude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-server
```
### Standard `mcpServers` JSON Configuration (`.cursor/mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-search-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"exa-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"EXA_API_KEY": "your_exa_api_key"
}
}
}
}
```
### Exposed MCP Tools
- `exa_neural_search` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `exa-search-mcp`.
- `exa_find_similar_links` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `exa-search-mcp`.
- `exa_get_contents` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `exa-search-mcp`.
- `exa_company_research` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `exa-search-mcp`.
### Authentication & Environment Variables
- **Transport Protocol:** `stdio`
- **Auth Mechanism:** `api_key`
- `EXA_API_KEY`: `your_exa_api_key`
- **Documentation / Source:** [https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server](https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server)
Tags: #exa-search-mcp#stdio#research#mcp-server#exa-neural-search#exa-find-similar-links
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