Exa AI MCP Server for Vercel AI SDKGive Vercel AI SDK instant access to 12 tools to Advanced Custom Search, Extract Page Content, Find Similar Pages, and more
GDPR Free for SubscribersThe Vercel AI SDK is the TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered applications. Connect Exa AI through Vinkius and every tool is available as a typed function. ready for React Server Components, API routes, or any Node.js backend.
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The Exa AI MCP Server for Vercel AI SDK is a standout in the Ai Frontier category — giving your AI agent 12 tools to work with, ready to go from day one.
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Geminiimport { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { generateText } from "ai";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
async function main() {
const mcpClient = await createMCPClient({
transport: {
type: "http",
// Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
url: "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp",
},
});
try {
const tools = await mcpClient.tools();
const { text } = await generateText({
model: openai("gpt-4o"),
tools,
prompt: "Using Exa AI, list all available capabilities.",
});
console.log(text);
} finally {
await mcpClient.close();
}
}
main();
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About Exa AI MCP Server
Connect your Exa AI (formerly Metaphor) account to any AI agent and take full control of your web research and data extraction workflows through natural conversation.
The Vercel AI SDK gives every Exa AI tool full TypeScript type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and stream results progressively to React, Svelte, or Vue components. works on Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and any Node.js runtime.
What you can do
- Semantic Search Orchestration — Perform AI-native searches that understand intent and meaning to retrieve the most relevant web pages programmatically
- Content Intelligence — Programmatically extract clean, parsed text or highlights from any URL, excluding ads and boilerplate automatically
- Similarity Discovery — Find pages semantically similar to a source URL to build comprehensive and high-fidelity research datasets
- Deep Data Mapping — Discover all reachable links on a domain and retrieve discovery metadata to understand site structures programmatically
- Search Filtering — Restricted searches by domain, category (company, blog, news), or discovery date directly through your agent
The Exa AI MCP Server exposes 12 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Vercel AI SDK in under two minutes — credentials fully managed, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
All 12 Exa AI tools available for Vercel AI SDK
When Vercel AI SDK connects to Exa AI through Vinkius, your AI agent gets direct access to every tool listed below — spanning neural-search, semantic-search, content-intelligence, and more. Every call runs in a secure, isolated environment with full audit visibility. Beyond a simple connection, you get real-time monitoring of agent activity, enterprise governance, and optimized token usage.
Advanced custom search on Exa AI
Complex search query
Extract page content on Exa AI
Retrieve web page text
Find similar pages on Exa AI
Find matches for a URL
Get api status on Exa AI
Check connection
Get query highlights on Exa AI
Extract relevant snippets
Keyword search on Exa AI
Search by exact keywords
Perform live crawl on Exa AI
Fresh web extraction
Search by category on Exa AI
Search by site type
Search by crawl date on Exa AI
Search by discovery date
Search specific domains on Exa AI
Search within sites
Search with contents on Exa AI
Search and extract text
Semantic search on Exa AI
Perform AI-native search
Connect Exa AI to Vercel AI SDK via MCP
Follow these steps to wire Exa AI into Vercel AI SDK. The entire setup takes under two minutes — your credentials stay safe behind Vinkius.
Install dependencies
npm install @ai-sdk/mcp ai @ai-sdk/openaiReplace the token
[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius tokenRun the script
agent.ts and run with npx tsx agent.tsExplore tools
Why Use Vercel AI SDK with the Exa AI MCP Server
Vercel AI SDK provides unique advantages when paired with Exa AI through the Model Context Protocol.
TypeScript-first: every MCP tool gets full type inference, IDE autocomplete, and compile-time error checking out of the box
Framework-agnostic core works with Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, or any Node.js runtime. same Exa AI integration everywhere
Built-in streaming UI primitives let you display Exa AI tool results progressively in React, Svelte, or Vue components
Edge-compatible: the AI SDK runs on Vercel Edge Functions, Cloudflare Workers, and other edge runtimes for minimal latency
Exa AI + Vercel AI SDK Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Vercel AI SDK combined with the Exa AI MCP Server delivers measurable value.
AI-powered web apps: build dashboards that query Exa AI in real-time and stream results to the UI with zero loading states
API backends: create serverless endpoints that orchestrate Exa AI tools and return structured JSON responses to any frontend
Chatbots with tool use: embed Exa AI capabilities into conversational interfaces with streaming responses and tool call visibility
Internal tools: build admin panels where team members interact with Exa AI through natural language queries
Example Prompts for Exa AI in Vercel AI SDK
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Vercel AI SDK agent to start working with Exa AI immediately.
"Search for the latest research on room-temperature superconductors using Exa."
"Find pages similar to 'https://openai.com/blog/sora/' from news domains."
"Get the clean text content from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence'."
Troubleshooting Exa AI MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK
Common issues when connecting Exa AI to Vercel AI SDK through Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
createMCPClient is not a function
npm install @ai-sdk/mcpExa AI + Vercel AI SDK FAQ
Common questions about integrating Exa AI MCP Server with Vercel AI SDK.
How does the Vercel AI SDK connect to MCP servers?
createMCPClient from @ai-sdk/mcp and pass the server URL. The SDK discovers all tools and provides typed TypeScript interfaces for each one.Can I use MCP tools in Edge Functions?
Does it support streaming tool results?
useChat and streamText that handle tool calls and display results progressively in the UI.Explore More MCP Servers
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