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Exa Web Search Free

Free AI search via Exa.

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Free AI search via Exa.

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Exa Web Search (Free)

Neural search for web, code, and company research. No API key required.

Setup

Verify mcporter is configured:

bash

mcporter list exa

If not listed:

bash

mcporter config add exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp

Core Tools

web_search_exa

Search web for current info, news, or facts.

bash

mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "latest AI news 2026", numResults: 5)'

Parameters:

query - Search query
numResults (optional, default: 8)
type (optional) - "auto", "fast", or "deep"

get_code_context_exa

Find code examples and docs from GitHub, Stack Overflow.

bash

mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "React hooks examples", tokensNum: 3000)'

Parameters:

query - Code/API search query
tokensNum (optional, default: 5000) - Range: 1000-50000

company_research_exa

Research companies for business info and news.

bash

mcporter call 'exa.company_research_exa(companyName: "Anthropic", numResults: 3)'

Parameters:

companyName - Company name
numResults (optional, default: 5)

Advanced Tools (Optional)

Six additional tools available by updating config URL:

web_search_advanced_exa - Domain/date filters
deep_search_exa - Query expansion
crawling_exa - Full page extraction
people_search_exa - Professional profiles
deep_researcher_start/check - AI research agent

Enable all tools:

bash

mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"

# Then use:
mcporter call 'exa-full.deep_search_exa(query: "AI safety research")'

Tips

Web: Use type: "fast" for quick lookup, "deep" for thorough research
Code: Lower tokensNum (1000-2000) for focused, higher (5000+) for comprehensive
See examples.md for more patterns

Resources

Installation

Terminal bash


openclaw install exa-web-search-free

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💻Code Examples

mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "latest AI news 2026", numResults: 5)'

mcporter-call-exawebsearchexaquery-latest-ai-news-2026-numresults-5.txt

**Parameters:**
- `query` - Search query
- `numResults` (optional, default: 8)
- `type` (optional) - `"auto"`, `"fast"`, or `"deep"`

### get_code_context_exa
Find code examples and docs from GitHub, Stack Overflow.

mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "React hooks examples", tokensNum: 3000)'

mcporter-call-exagetcodecontextexaquery-react-hooks-examples-tokensnum-3000.txt

**Parameters:**
- `query` - Code/API search query
- `tokensNum` (optional, default: 5000) - Range: 1000-50000

### company_research_exa
Research companies for business info and news.

mcporter call 'exa.company_research_exa(companyName: "Anthropic", numResults: 3)'

mcporter-call-exacompanyresearchexacompanyname-anthropic-numresults-3.txt

**Parameters:**
- `companyName` - Company name
- `numResults` (optional, default: 5)

## Advanced Tools (Optional)

Six additional tools available by updating config URL:
- `web_search_advanced_exa` - Domain/date filters
- `deep_search_exa` - Query expansion
- `crawling_exa` - Full page extraction
- `people_search_exa` - Professional profiles
- `deep_researcher_start/check` - AI research agent

**Enable all tools:**

example.sh

mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"

# Then use:
mcporter call 'exa-full.deep_search_exa(query: "AI safety research")'