# Install exa-mcp-server with npm

A Model Context Protocol server with Exa for web search and web crawling. Provides real-time web searches with configurable tool selection, allowing users to enable or disable specific search capabilities. Supports customizable result counts, live crawlin. Version 3.4.0 via npm; verified 2026-08-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:exa-mcp-server
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g exa-mcp-server
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:exa-mcp-server
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/exa-mcp-server>
- **Version:** 3.4.0
- **Source summary:** A Model Context Protocol server with Exa for web search and web crawling. Provides real-time web searches with configurable tool selection, allowing users to enable or disable specific search capabilities. Supports customizable result counts, live crawlin
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server#readme>
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/exa-mcp-server/-/exa-mcp-server-3.4.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-08-01T20:54:02.924Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T20:54:02.924Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- exa-mcp-server (cli)
- exa-mcp-server (alias)

## Dependencies

- @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
- agnost
- exa-js
- jose
- mcp-handler
- whoami
- zod

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- @upstash/ratelimit
- @upstash/redis
- @vitest/coverage-v8
- esbuild
- prettier
- tsx
- typescript
- vercel
- vitest

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 3.4.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-08-01
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for exa-mcp-server. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.4.0
- **Version Count:** 48
- **Maintainers:** kesku, theishangoswami
- **Author:** Exa Labs
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Node: >=20.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-FwcBzmq5sxwwjUKgN4to0gYVxNAWq9oJyG6sbGnVzem07Ca7ufbnXvGPPnoq7QG/Pd40ryzQxD/OCQSbm8FStg==
- **Shasum:** 03ae77157e26d2d653e173ca1da6a93c72a51101
- **Unpacked Size:** 1,849,521
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2024-12-17T14:43:41.806Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-08-01T20:54:02.924Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-08-01T20:54:03.252Z


## Related links

- [MCP tool packages](https://pkg.so/mcp-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tavily-mcp](https://pkg.so/npm/tavily-mcp/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: agent, ai, claude, cli, context.
- [context-mode](https://pkg.so/npm/context-mode/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: ai, claude, cli, context, mcp.
- [mcp-hello-world](https://pkg.so/npm/mcp-hello-world/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: ai, cli, context, mcp, model.

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