exa-search-server is a Search MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP-compatible AI agent use exa-search-server's tools remotely over a hosted MCP endpoint — no local install. Install in 1 minute with mcpizy install hosted-mcp-exa-ai.
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use exa-search-server's tools remotely over a hosted MCP endpoint — no local install. 2 tools, http transport. Audited by CheckMCP: 89/100 (B).
Official homepagemcpizy install hosted-mcp-exa-aiWorks identically across clients. Only the config file path differs.
~/.claude.json{
"mcpServers": {
"hosted-mcp-exa-ai": {
"transport": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
"type": "hosted",
"added_by": "checkmcp"
}
}
}.cursor/mcp.json{
"mcpServers": {
"hosted-mcp-exa-ai": {
"transport": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
"type": "hosted",
"added_by": "checkmcp"
}
}
}~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"hosted-mcp-exa-ai": {
"transport": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
"type": "hosted",
"added_by": "checkmcp"
}
}
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The exa-search-server MCP server is an Search Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI agents use exa-search-server's tools remotely over a hosted MCP endpoint — no local install. It exposes exa-search-server's capabilities as tools the AI can call directly from your editor or CLI.
The fastest way is the MCPizy CLI: run `mcpizy install hosted-mcp-exa-ai` and MCPizy will add the server to your `.claude.json` automatically. You can also install it manually by adding an entry under `mcpServers` in `.claude.json` with the command `null` and restarting Claude Code.
Yes. The exa-search-server MCP server is free and open source. You may still need a exa-search-server account or API key to connect the server to the underlying service, but the MCP layer itself has no MCPizy subscription cost.
Yes. Any MCP-compatible client works — including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor (via `.cursor/mcp.json`), Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and custom agents built on the MCP SDK. The same install command targets all of them; only the config file path differs.
Once installed, your AI agent can use exa-search-server's tools remotely over a hosted MCP endpoint — no local install directly inside your conversation. Typical use cases include asking Claude Code or Cursor to run exa-search-server operations, inspect results, chain exa-search-server with other MCP servers (see our Workflow Recipes), and automate repetitive search tasks without leaving your editor.