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Exa MCP Server

Gives agents Exa web search and page fetching as MCP tools, with optional multi-step research runs

Install the Claude Code plugin

claude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

Copied from the project's docs at github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

Why you'd want it

Exa hosts the server at mcp.exa.ai/mcp and it works without an API key under rate limits, so setup is a URL or a plugin install. The default tools are web_search_exa, which returns clean content for search results, and web_fetch_exa, which reads pages as markdown; advanced search with domain and date filters and Exa Agent runs for multi-step research can be turned on with the tools URL parameter. The repo also ships search and exa-agent skills that load with plugin installs.

Best for

  • Coding agents that need current web results
  • Multi-step research and list-building
  • Improving built-in web search in Claude, ChatGPT or Codex

Use it when

Your agent needs to search the web or read pages as clean markdown and you want a hosted server with nothing to install.

Skip it if

You need more than light anonymous use: the keyless server is rate-limited, and Exa Agent requires OAuth or an Exa API key.

Related tools

Same category or shared tags, by drop score.

  1. Rank 20

    GitHub MCP Server

    MCP server

    Connects agents to GitHub repos, issues, pull requests, Actions runs and security alerts

    • score 65
    • 33.6k stars
    • pushed
    • v2.0.2 on
    • MIT

    Add the remote server to Claude Code

    claude mcp add-json github '{"type":"http","url":"https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer YOUR_GITHUB_PAT"}}'
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for GitHub MCP Server

    Why you'd want it

    GitHub's official MCP server lets an agent browse and search code, manage issues and pull requests, monitor Actions runs and review code scanning and Dependabot alerts. GitHub hosts a remote version at api.githubcopilot.com/mcp with OAuth or personal access token auth, and the same server runs locally from a Docker image or a Go binary. Tools are grouped into toolsets you can enable selectively, and a read-only mode removes every tool that makes changes.

    Best for

    • Agents that triage issues or review pull requests
    • Investigating CI failures from the editor
    • Teams that want a hosted server with OAuth

    Use it when

    Your agent needs to read or act on GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests or workflows as part of its task.

    Skip it if

    You do not use GitHub. Remote OAuth depends on each host configuring a GitHub App or OAuth App, so some clients need a personal access token, and GitHub Enterprise Server needs extra setup.

    Stats

    Stars
    33,617
    Last push
    Release
    v2.0.2,
    License
    MIT
    Pricing
    Open source
    Works with
    Any MCP client, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, Windsurf, Zed, Docker
    Drop score
    65 of 100

    Full stat block for GitHub MCP Server

  2. Rank 53

    Firecrawl MCP Server

    MCP server

    Lets agents search, scrape, crawl and interact with web pages through Firecrawl, returning markdown or JSON

    • score 46
    • 7.6k stars
    • pushed
    • v3.2.1 on
    • MIT

    Add the hosted server (OAuth sign-in)

    {
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp-oauth"
    }
  }
}
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for Firecrawl MCP Server

    Why you'd want it

    The server exposes Firecrawl scrape, map, crawl, search, parse, interact and agent tools, plus monitors for recurring page checks and a credit usage tool. A hosted endpoint works keyless for scrape, search and parse within rate limits, and signing in or adding an API key unlocks the full tool set. You can also run it locally with npx or Docker and point it at a self-hosted Firecrawl API with FIRECRAWL_API_URL.

    Best for

    • Turning URLs into clean markdown or schema-shaped JSON
    • Crawling many pages under one site
    • Pages that need a click before they can be read

    Use it when

    Your agent needs content from known URLs, a whole site or a search query, in a format it can read directly.

    Skip it if

    You want to drive a browser session step by step from your own client: each interact call runs to completion and returns control. Crawl, map and agent tools need a Firecrawl account or API key.

    Stats

    Stars
    7,604
    Last push
    Release
    v3.2.1,
    License
    MIT
    Pricing
    Open source
    Works with
    Any MCP client, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Docker
    Drop score
    46 of 100

    Full stat block for Firecrawl MCP Server

  3. Rank 3

    Context7

    MCP server

    Pulls current, version-specific library docs and code examples into your agent's context

    Run the setup CLI

    npx ctx7 setup
    Use it when, skip it if, stats for Context7

    Why you'd want it

    Context7 targets outdated training data and hallucinated APIs by fetching documentation and code examples for the library and version you name in the prompt. Its MCP server has two tools: resolve-library-id maps a library name to a Context7 ID, and query-docs returns docs relevant to a question. It can also run without MCP as the ctx7 CLI plus an agent skill, and npx ctx7 setup configures either mode for Cursor, Claude Code or OpenCode.

    Best for

    • Coding agents working with fast-moving libraries
    • Pinning answers to a specific library version
    • Cursor and Claude Code users

    Use it when

    Your agent keeps writing code against outdated or nonexistent APIs for the libraries you depend on.

    Skip it if

    You need a fully self-hosted setup: only the MCP server and CLI are in the repo, and requests go to the hosted Context7 API, with low rate limits unless you add an API key. Library docs are community-contributed and Context7 does not guarantee their accuracy.

    Stats

    Stars
    63,052
    Last push
    Release
    @upstash/[email protected],
    License
    MIT
    Pricing
    Free tier + paid
    Works with
    Any MCP client, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Docker
    Drop score
    90 of 100

    Full stat block for Context7

For agents

The same entry, as files an agent can read without scraping this page. 

# read one entry
curl -s https://agenttooldrop.com/tools/exa-mcp.md

# list the MCP servers in the catalog
curl -s https://agenttooldrop.com/tools.json \
  | jq -r '.tools[] | select(.category=="mcp-server") | .slug'