Exa AI Connector for AI agents.
11 live capabilities
Perform semantic web discovery and research with your AI agent.
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Why people use Exa AI
Exa AI for Semantic Web Discovery
This Connector lets your agent do that heavy lifting for you. It understands what you mean when you ask a question and pulls back just the data you need. You get a clean summary of the web without the manual copy-pasting.
What Vinkius changes
Your agent gets a high-quality, semantic way to browse the live web.
Use it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or another AI client you already have.
One account · 5,900+ Connectors
- Real-world use case 01
Competitor Analysis
An analyst asks the agent to find 5 sites similar to a specific tech blog to map out the current landscape.
- Real-world use case 02
Market Research
A developer asks for the latest news on solid-state batteries and gets clean text summaries of the top results.
- Real-world use case 03
Content Gathering
A writer wants the main text from three different news articles to create a summary without clicking through each one.
Complete set · 11capabilities
The complete Exa AI capability set.
These are the exact actions your AI can choose when you ask it to work with Exa AI.
01—04
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 11 available through Exa AI.
- 01 Capability
Advanced custom search
Complex search query
- 02 Capability
Extract page content
Retrieve web page text
- 03 Capability
Find similar pages
Note: this endpoint is deprecated by Exa AI. Find matching pages for a URL (deprecated. use search instead)
- 04 Capability
Get query highlights
Extract relevant snippets
05—08
4 capabilities in this set.
Part of 11 available through Exa AI.
- 05 Capability
Keyword search
Search by exact keywords
- 06 Capability
Perform live crawl
Fresh web extraction
- 07 Capability
Search with contents
Searches the web and grabs the page content in one single step. This saves time and reduces the number of requests.
- 08 Capability
Search by category
Search by site type
09—11
3 capabilities in this set.
Part of 11 available through Exa AI.
- 09 Capability
Search by crawl date
Search by discovery date
- 10 Capability
Search specific domains
Search within sites
- 11 Capability
Semantic search
Perform AI-native search
Set up in minutes
One URL. Then ask Exa AI to work.
Claude and ChatGPT only need the Connector URL. Copy it once, add it in settings, and use Exa AI from the conversation.
Choose your client
Live previewAdvanced clients IDE · CLI
Claude · Web + desktop
Connector URL · ready to paste
Streamable HTTPhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp - Step 01
Open Connectors
In Claude Web or Claude Desktop, open Settings and choose Connectors.
- Step 02
Add the URL
Choose Add custom connector, name it Exa AI, and paste the URL above.
- Step 03
Turn it on in chat
Select +, open Connectors, and enable Exa AI for the conversation.
ChatGPT · Web + desktop
Connector URL · ready to paste
Streamable HTTPhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp - Step 01
Open MCP settings
On desktop, open Settings and MCP servers. On web, open your workspace app or connector settings.
- Step 02
Add the URL
Choose Add server with Streamable HTTP, or create a custom MCP app, then paste the Exa AI URL.
- Step 03
Save and start
Save the connection and enable Exa AI in your conversation. Desktop may ask you to restart once.
Cursor · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-ai": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp"
}
}
}- Step 01
Open MCP Settings
Press Cmd+Shift+P (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux) → search "MCP Settings"
- Step 02
Add the server config
Paste the JSON configuration above into the mcp.json file that opens
- Step 03
Save the file
Cursor will automatically detect the new Connector
- Step 04
Start using Exa AI
Open Agent mode in chat and ask: "Using Exa AI, help me...". 11 tools available
VS Code Copilot · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-ai": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp"
}
}
}- Step 01
Create MCP config
Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root
- Step 02
Add the server config
Paste the JSON configuration above
- Step 03
Enable Agent mode
Open GitHub Copilot Chat and switch to Agent mode using the dropdown
- Step 04
Start using Exa AI
Ask Copilot: "Using Exa AI, help me...". 11 tools available
Windsurf · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-ai": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp"
}
}
}- Step 01
Open MCP Settings
Go to Settings → MCP Configuration or press Cmd+Shift+P and search "MCP"
- Step 02
Add the server
Paste the JSON configuration above into mcp_config.json
- Step 03
Save and reload
Windsurf will detect the new server automatically
- Step 04
Start using Exa AI
Open Cascade and ask: "Using Exa AI, help me...". 11 tools available
Cline · IDE configuration
Advanced setup
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa-ai": {
"url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp"
}
}
}- Step 01
Open Cline MCP Settings
Click the Connectors icon in the Cline sidebar panel
- Step 02
Add remote server
Click "Add Connector" and paste the configuration above
- Step 03
Enable the server
Toggle the server switch to ON
- Step 04
Start using Exa AI
Ask Cline: "Using Exa AI, help me...". 11 tools available
Claude Code · Terminal command
Advanced setup
claude mcp add exa-ai --transport http "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_FGVXtKSFn3wrHq5L8wcmkWylSnn62LI4lF4yyImn/mcp"- Step 01
Install Claude Code
Run npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code if not already installed
- Step 02
Add the Connector
Run the command above in your terminal
- Step 03
Verify the connection
Run claude mcp to list connected servers, or type /mcp inside a session
- Step 04
Start using Exa AI
Ask Claude: "Using Exa AI, show me...". 11 tools are ready
Where the request belongs
Work Exa AI can move forward.
For researchers and developers who are tired of their AI hallucinating facts or getting stuck with 'I can't browse the live web' errors.
Market Research Analyst
Finds competitors and trends by asking for sites similar to a specific tech blog.
AI Engineer
Builds agents that need to ground their answers in real-time data from the live web.
Content Strategist
Scrapes clean text from multiple sources to create summaries of new industry trends.
Operations Lead
Automates the discovery of new capabilities or services in a niche market.
When one Connector is not enough
Carry the request into a workflow.
Combine Exa AI with the systems that finish the task.
View all recipesMCP Recipe for an AI-Powered RSS Intelligence Feed
You follow 60 RSS feeds and read 2% of the articles , your agent reads all of them, finds semantically related content that no RSS feed covers using neural search, and delivers a curated intelligence digest
Track Competitor Moves Using Connectors
Google Alerts sends you irrelevant noise. Exa understands meaning , it finds the blog post where your competitor quietly announced a pricing change buried in paragraph 7 of a product update, because semantic search reads intent, not just keywords
Build the capability set
Add more capabilities.
Each Connector adds new actions and data without changing how you work.
Browse ConnectorsExa
Find exactly the web content you need with semantic search that understands context and returns high-quality curated results.
Jina AI
Search and read the web for AI. audit search results and reader content via AI.
Exa AI
Search the web with neural embeddings that understand meaning, not just keywords, and return the most relevant results for any query.
Tavily
Search the web for AI. audit search context, answers, and extracted content via AI.
Jina AI (Search Foundation & LLM Grounding)
Power your RAG and search via Jina AI. generate embeddings, rerank documents, read URLs, and perform semantic web search.
watsonx Discovery
Search and analyze complex data with AI-powered insights on IBM watsonx Discovery. the cognitive search engine.
Bring your own AI
Change the model, client or framework. Keep Exa AI connected.
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Vercel AI SDK
Before you connect
Questions about Exa AI.
The practical details behind the request, access and result.
How does the Exa AI MCP help with web research?
It gives your AI agent the ability to perform semantic searches. Instead of just looking for keywords, it understands the intent of your question to find the most relevant information on the live web.
Can I use Exa AI MCP to find similar websites?
Yes. You can provide a URL to your agent and ask it to find related sites. It will identify websites with similar themes, purposes, or content for you.
Does Exa AI MCP pull back the full text of a page?
It can. It retrieves cleaned text content from specific pages, which means your agent can read the actual information without being distracted by ads or navigation menus.
How is Exa AI MCP different from a regular web search?
Regular search often relies on keyword matching. Exa AI MCP uses semantic embeddings to understand meaning, and it can also pull back the actual content of the pages it finds in a single step.
Can my AI agent use Exa AI MCP to find competitors?
Absolutely. By using the similarity discovery features, your agent can quickly map out a competitive landscape based on a single reference URL.
Is Exa AI MCP good for extracting clean data from the web?
Yes, that's one of its main strengths. It provides a way for your agent to get structured, cleaned text from the web, making it much easier to summarize or analyze data.
How do I find my Exa API Key?
Log in to your Exa.ai dashboard, and you will find your API Key on the API Keys page. Copy and paste it below.
What makes Exa search 'semantic'?
Exa uses neural embeddings to understand the meaning behind your query, allowing it to find results that are contextually related even if they don't share exact keywords.
Can the agent find sites similar to a blog post?
Yes. Use the find_similar capability providing the URL of the blog post. Your agent will return a list of sources with similar topics or writing styles instantly.
How do I find my Exa AI API Key?
Log in to your Exa AI dashboard, and copy your unique API Key from the settings section.
What makes semantic search different?
Traditional search uses keywords. Semantic search uses neural embeddings to understand the meaning and context of your query, finding better matches.
Can I extract text from multiple URLs at once?
Yes! The extract_page_content capability accepts a JSON array of URLs and retrieves the parsed content for all of them programmatically.
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