Exa MCP

Exa for your agent, through one MCP connection

Search the web by meaning and pull page text for your agent through one MCP connection.

Connect in 30 seconds

Pick the client you use and add looot once. Exa is then one of the tools behind it. Each client takes one step, then your agent does the rest.

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    Claude Code

    Run this in your terminal, then sign in from the browser when it asks.

    Terminal command
    claude mcp add looot https://api.looot.ai/mcp --transport http
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    Cursor

    Create .cursor/mcp.json with this server, then sign in from the browser.

    mcp.json
    {"mcpServers":{"looot":{"url":"https://api.looot.ai/mcp"}}}
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    ChatGPT

    Where your plan lets you add a connector, add this URL and sign in.

    Connector URL
    https://api.looot.ai/mcp

Then tell your agent, in any client:

Agent setup line
set up https://looot.ai/skill.md

What to ask

Prompts for Exa

Paste one into your agent after you connect looot.

Research a topic
Use looot to search with Exa for recent coverage of agent frameworks and summarise the five best sources.

Compare

Using Exa directly versus through looot

Only the looot side is filled in. Check the provider's docs for the direct side.

Exa directly versus through looot
Exa directlyThrough looot
AccountGap. Check the provider's docsYes. One looot sign-in. You do not set up a separate Exa account.
PriceGap. Check the provider's docsYes. Per call, shown before the run.
Finding the endpointGap. Check the provider's docsYes. Your agent searches the looot catalog for the task.
Other providersGap. Check the provider's docsYes. The same connection reaches every provider in the catalog.

FAQ

Exa MCP, answered

looot gives your agent one MCP connection. Exa is one of the providers behind looot; your agent calls its endpoints through the looot MCP connection. You add looot once and reach every provider in the catalog from it.

For agents
provider
Exa
role
Neural web search API
job
Search the web by meaning: covered
job
Find company news: covered
job
Fetch page contents: covered
job
Find similar pages: covered
pair with
tavily linkup firecrawl jina
setup
https://looot.ai/skill.md
llms.txt
https://looot.ai/llms.txt
updated
2026-10-02
markdown /mcp/exa.md

Give your agent Exa and every other provider.

Start your workspace, top up, and paste one prompt into the agent you already use.

Start your workspace See other providers