cyberneticlibrary

Crawl and index web content flexibly

exa-mcp-servermcp_serversetup L20
exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
What it does

Web search and crawling with live indexing and flexible depth control

Best for

Web research and content extraction requiring flexible crawling depth and live indexing.

Inputs
  • · search query
  • · optional: result count limit
  • · optional: crawl depth (page content vs outline)
  • · optional: include domains filter
Outputs
  • · search results with full-page content extraction
  • · crawl results (HTML/markdown)
  • · live indexed pages
Requires
  • · Exa API key from https://exa.ai
Preconditions
  • · Exa account + API key
  • · Network access to api.exa.ai
Failure modes
  • · Crawl depth limited by API tier
  • · Large crawls timeout or exceed token limits
  • · Content extraction fails on JavaScript-heavy pages
Trust signals
  • · Exa official MCP server
  • · Configurable tool selection
  • · Live crawling with customizable result counts