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title: "exa"
description: "Search the public web and read pages with Exa's hosted MCP server. No API key is required to get started; provider limits apply."
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/exa--xpert-ai
last-updated: 2026-10-10
---

# exa
Search the public web and read pages with Exa's hosted MCP server. No API key is required to get started; provider limits apply.
- Slug: exa--xpert-ai
- Publisher: Xpert AI
- Repository: https://github.com/xpert-ai/xpert-plugins
- Manifest: agent-plugins/exa/plugin.json
- Version: 1.0.0
- Category (editorial): other
- Skills: 1 (exa-research)
- MCP servers: 1 (exa)
- Stars: 8
- Repository created: 2025-09-19
- Repository last pushed: 2026-10-10
- Publisher type: Organization
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/exa--xpert-ai
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What exa does, in the publisher's words

An Xpert-authored Agent Plugins 1.0.0 package for the official Exa remote MCP server. It is not a copy of the Codex plugin or an Exa-published package.

Import this directory as a ZIP or Git subdirectory, publish it to a workspace, without configuring a Connector. Select Exa in the conversation plugin menu. Try: "Use Exa to find the official Agent Plugins specification and cite its URL."

No API key is required for the provider's starter access. Provider limits still apply. Only queries and requested public URLs are sent to Exa. Paid account tools and API-key configuration are outside this preset.

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xpert-ai/xpert-plugins/HEAD/agent-plugins/exa/README.md