Exa MCP Server: Install & Setup

Install Exa in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-exa https://gateway.pipeworx.io/exa/mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-exa": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/exa/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add pipeworx-io-exa -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-exa

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-exa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-exa"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Exa MCP — neural/semantic web search + content retrieval (exa.ai)

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local + Remote. Can run locally or be used as a hosted remote server.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-exa https://gateway.pipeworx.io/exa/mcp

ScrapeGraphAI/Scrapegraph-ai

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yamadashy/repomix

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agentskills/agentskills

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screenpipe/screenpipe

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xerj-org/xerj

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apify/apify-mcp-server

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