# 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 3.2.1 via npm; verified 2026-04-23.

## 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:** 3.2.1
- **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-3.2.1.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-04-23T23:20:56.634Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-23T23:20:56.634Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

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

## Dependencies

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

## Build dependencies

- @smithery/cli
- @types/node
- @upstash/ratelimit
- @upstash/redis
- tsx
- typescript
- vercel

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 3.2.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-04-23
- 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. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 3.2.1
- **Version Count:** 47
- **Maintainers:** theishangoswami
- **Author:** Exa Labs
- **Publisher:** theishangoswami
- **Engines:** Node: >=18.0.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-JUcqdfvOh/szKM8iZk//Bm2De4eDiNOud3tZqHSOBK8EgMKJQoXRcLKzWzHLroTwVEfxGL1aB9UdFUiXibV/5A==
- **Shasum:** 5c9688dddde282743a4e4d0624955d19eca5f977
- **Unpacked Size:** 3,472,462
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2024-12-17T14:43:41.806Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-04-23T23:20:56.634Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-04-23T23:20:56.734Z


## Related links

- [MCP tool packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/mcp-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [tavily-mcp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/tavily-mcp/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: axios, claude, context, mcp, model.
- [mcp-accessibility-scanner](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/mcp-accessibility-scanner/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: claude, context, mcp, model, modelcontextprotocol.
- [context-mode](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/context-mode/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: claude, context, mcp, model, modelcontextprotocol.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph