ai.exa/exa
Fast, intelligent web search and web crawling. New mcp tool: Exa-code is a context tool for coding
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trustsnap_cb19f74a41aea950.- Utility Coverage
- Recovery Semantics
- Error Contract
- Align MCP-Protocol-Version, MCP-Session-Id, DELETE teardown, and expired-session handling with the transport spec.
- Only send roots/list, sampling/createMessage, or elicitation/create requests while handling an active client-initiated…
- Serve /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json and include tools, prompts/resources, homepage, and support links.
- Possible agent/script activity
- Search crawler activity
- profile / compare API / policy / badge metadata / trust summary inspection
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Risk
Security posture
Tool capability & risk inventory
| Tool | Capabilities | Risk | Findings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
web_search_exa |
read | Low | freeform input surface | No explicit safeguard hints detected. |
web_fetch_exa |
read | Low | none | No explicit safeguard hints detected. |
Write-action governance
Status detail: No unsafe write-action governance gaps detected on the latest validation.
| Tool | Risk | Flags | Safeguards |
|---|---|---|---|
| No high-risk tools were detected on the latest run. | |||
Action-controls diff
New actions
| Action | Risk | Flags |
|---|---|---|
web_fetch_exa | Low | none |
web_search_exa | Low | freeform input surface |
Changed actions
| Action | Change types | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| No materially changed actions. | ||
Critical alerts
Compatibility
Client compatibility verdicts
Client compatibility only means the server shape can work with a client. Production trust decision and write-action publishing are evaluated separately so a client-compatible server can still be blocked for production.
Evidence provenance
initialize• OKtools_list• OKtransport_compliance_probe• Errorstep_up_auth_probe• OKconnector_replay_probe• OK — Frozen tool snapshots must survive refresh.request_association_probe• Missing — Roots, sampling, and elicitation should stay request-scoped.
Evidence provenance
initialize• OKtools_list• OKtransport_compliance_probe• Error
Evidence provenance
action_safety_probe• OK
Evidence provenance
tool_snapshot_probe• OKconnector_replay_probe• OK
Client compatibility gate details
Remediation checklist
Transport compliance should be in good shape.Not yet safe for the Messages API remote MCP path: requires OAuth, a compatible connector profile, and no pending connector-refresh risk.Transport compliance issues should be resolved before wider client rollout.
Remediation checklist
Transport behavior should match Claude-compatible HTTP expectations.Not yet safe for the Messages API remote MCP path: requires OAuth, a compatible connector profile, and no pending connector-refresh risk.Transport compliance issues should be resolved before wider client rollout.
Remediation checklist
- No explicit blockers recorded.
Verdict traces
tool_snapshot_changed• high • Tool snapshot changedauth_mode_changed• high • Auth mode changed
Client verdict trace table
| Verdict | Status | Checks | Winning source | Conflicts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
openai_connectors |
Client-compatible | initialize, tools_list, transport_compliance_probe, step_up_auth_probe, connector_replay_probe, request_association_probe | live_validation | none |
claude_desktop |
Client-compatible | initialize, tools_list, transport_compliance_probe | live_validation | none |
unsafe_for_write_actions |
Publishing allowed | action_safety_probe | live_validation | none |
snapshot_churn_risk |
Medium | tool_snapshot_probe, connector_replay_probe | history | none |
Publishability policy profiles
- Search Fetch Only: Yes
- Write Actions Present: No
- Oauth Configured: Yes
- Admin Refresh Required: No
- Safe For Company Knowledge: Yes
- Safe For Messages Api Remote Mcp: No
- Search Fetch Only: Yes
- Write Actions Present: No
- Oauth Configured: Yes
- Admin Refresh Required: No
- Safe For Company Knowledge: Yes
- Safe For Messages Api Remote Mcp: No
Compatibility fixtures
- remote_http_endpoint: Passes
- oauth_discovery: Passes
- frozen_tool_snapshot_refresh: Passes
- request_association: Passes
- remote_transport: Passes
- tool_discovery: Passes
- auth_connect: Passes
- safe_write_review: Passes
Recommended for
Evidence
Current trust snapshot
trustsnap_cb19f74a41aea950Canonical machine links
Evidence confidence
Latest validation evidence
Failures
openid_configurationClient error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://auth.exa.ai/.well-known/openid-configuration' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404server_cardClient error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://mcp.exa.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404transport_compliance_probeIssues: missing protocol header, delete session unexpected, expired session not 404 (bad protocol=400, DELETE=405, expired session=200).
Checks
| Check | Status | Latency | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
action_safety_probe |
OK | n/a | No high-risk write, destructive, or exec tools detected. |
advanced_capabilities_probe |
Warning | n/a | Only 3 capability signal(s): prompts, resource links, resources. |
connector_publishability_probe |
Warning | n/a | Publishability blockers: transport compliance, server card. |
connector_replay_probe |
OK | n/a | Backward compatible with no breaking tool-surface changes. |
determinism_probe |
OK | 111.7 ms | Check completed |
initialize |
OK | 204.4 ms | Protocol 2025-03-26 |
interactive_flow_probe |
OK | n/a | Check completed |
oauth_authorization_server |
OK | 56.0 ms | authorization_endpoint, code_challenge_methods_supported, grant_types_supported, issuer |
oauth_protected_resource |
OK | 123.0 ms | 1 authorization server(s) |
official_registry_probe |
OK | n/a | Check completed |
openid_configuration |
Error | 28.4 ms | Client error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://auth.exa.ai/.well-known/openid-configuration' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404 |
probe_noise_resilience |
OK | 25.6 ms | Fetched https://mcp.exa.ai/robots.txt |
prompt_get |
OK | 128.8 ms | 1 prompt message(s) returned |
prompts_list |
OK | 120.6 ms | 1 prompt(s) exposed |
protocol_version_probe |
Warning | n/a | Claims 2025-03-26; 2 release(s) behind 2025-11-25. |
provenance_divergence_probe |
Not_Assessed | n/a | Check completed |
request_association_probe |
Missing | n/a | No request-association capabilities were advertised. |
resource_read |
OK | 139.1 ms | 1 resource content item(s) returned |
resources_list |
OK | 137.5 ms | 1 resource item(s) exposed |
schema_divergence_probe |
Missing | n/a | no server card tools |
server_card |
Error | 97.8 ms | Client error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://mcp.exa.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404 |
session_resume_probe |
OK | 181.8 ms | 2 tool(s) exposed |
step_up_auth_probe |
OK | n/a | Scopes=mcp:tools. |
tool_snapshot_probe |
OK | n/a | Check completed |
tools_list |
OK | 107.7 ms | 2 tool(s) exposed |
transport_compliance_probe |
Error | 319.7 ms | Issues: missing protocol header, delete session unexpected, expired session not 404 (bad protocol=400, DELETE=405, expired session=200). |
utility_coverage_probe |
Missing | 95.7 ms | No completions evidence; no pagination evidence; tasks missing. |
Raw evidence view
Show raw JSON evidence
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"readOnlyHint": true
},
"description": "Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content.\n\n Best for: Finding current information, news, facts, people, companies, or answering questions about any topic.\n Returns: Clean text content from top search results.\n\n Query tips:\n describe the ideal page, not keywords. \"blog post comparing React and Vue performance\" not \"React vs Vue\".\n Use category:people / category:company to search through Linkedin profiles / companies respectively.\n If highlights are insufficient, follow up with web_fetch_exa on the best URLs.",
"execution": {
"taskSupport": "forbidden"
},
"inputSchema": {
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"numResults": {
"description": "Number of search results to return (default: 10).",
"type": "number"
},
"query": {
"description": "Natural language search query. Should be a semantically rich description of the ideal page, not just keywords. Optionally include category:<type> (company, people) to focus results \u2014 e.g. 'category:people John Doe software engineer'.",
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"name": "web_search_exa"
},
{
"annotations": {
"destructiveHint": false,
"idempotentHint": true,
"openWorldHint": false,
"readOnlyHint": true
},
"description": "Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown. Use after web_search_exa when highlights are insufficient or to read any URL.\n\nBest for: Extracting full content from known URLs. Batch multiple URLs in one call.\nReturns: Clean text content and metadata from the page(s).",
"execution": {
"taskSupport": "forbidden"
},
"inputSchema": {
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"maxCharacters": {
"description": "Maximum characters to extract per page (default: 3000)",
"minimum": 1,
"type": "number"
},
"urls": {
"description": "URLs to read. Batch multiple URLs in one call.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
}
},
"required": [
"urls"
],
"type": "object"
},
"name": "web_fetch_exa"
}
]
}
},
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
},
"latency_ms": 107.68,
"status": "ok"
},
"transport_compliance_probe": {
"details": {
"bad_protocol_error": null,
"bad_protocol_headers": {
"content-type": "application/json",
"strict-transport-security": "max-age=63072000"
},
"bad_protocol_payload": {
"error": {
"code": -32000,
"message": "Bad Request: Unsupported protocol version: 1999-99-99 (supported versions: 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26, 2024-11-05, 2024-10-07)"
},
"id": null,
"jsonrpc": "2.0"
},
"bad_protocol_status_code": 400,
"delete_error": null,
"delete_status_code": 405,
"expired_session_error": null,
"expired_session_status_code": 200,
"issues": [
"missing_protocol_header",
"delete_session_unexpected",
"expired_session_not_404"
],
"last_event_id_visible": false,
"protocol_header_present": false,
"requested_protocol_version": "2025-03-26",
"session_id_present": true,
"transport": "streamable-http"
},
"latency_ms": 319.66,
"status": "error"
},
"utility_coverage_probe": {
"details": {
"completions": {
"advertised": false,
"live_probe": "not_executed",
"sample_target": {
"type": "resource",
"uri": "exa://tools/list"
}
},
"initialize_capability_keys": [
"prompts",
"resources",
"tools"
],
"pagination": {
"metadata_signal": false,
"next_cursor_methods": [],
"supported": false
},
"tasks": {
"advertised": false,
"http_status": 200,
"probe_status": "missing"
}
},
"latency_ms": 95.7,
"status": "missing"
}
},
"failures": {
"openid_configuration": {
"error": "Client error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://auth.exa.ai/.well-known/openid-configuration'\nFor more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404",
"url": "https://auth.exa.ai/.well-known/openid-configuration"
},
"server_card": {
"error": "Client error '404 Not Found' for url 'https://mcp.exa.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json'\nFor more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/404",
"url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json"
},
"transport_compliance_probe": {
"bad_protocol_error": null,
"bad_protocol_headers": {
"content-type": "application/json",
"strict-transport-security": "max-age=63072000"
},
"bad_protocol_payload": {
"error": {
"code": -32000,
"message": "Bad Request: Unsupported protocol version: 1999-99-99 (supported versions: 2025-11-25, 2025-06-18, 2025-03-26, 2024-11-05, 2024-10-07)"
},
"id": null,
"jsonrpc": "2.0"
},
"bad_protocol_status_code": 400,
"delete_error": null,
"delete_status_code": 405,
"expired_session_error": null,
"expired_session_status_code": 200,
"issues": [
"missing_protocol_header",
"delete_session_unexpected",
"expired_session_not_404"
],
"last_event_id_visible": false,
"protocol_header_present": false,
"requested_protocol_version": "2025-03-26",
"session_id_present": true,
"transport": "streamable-http"
}
},
"remote_url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp",
"server_card_payload": null,
"server_identifier": "ai.exa/exa"
}
Known versions
3.1.3
Validation history
| Timestamp | Status | Score | Latency | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Healthy | 73.4 | 2205.4 ms | 2 |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:32 AM UTC | Healthy | 44.0 | 2668.5 ms | 0 |
| Aug 06, 2026 01:06:17 AM UTC | Healthy | 43.5 | 2750.7 ms | 0 |
| Aug 05, 2026 07:05:11 PM UTC | Healthy | 46.0 | 2733.4 ms | 0 |
| Aug 04, 2026 08:49:54 PM UTC | Healthy | 46.0 | 2684.6 ms | 0 |
| Jul 31, 2026 06:29:06 AM UTC | Healthy | 44.5 | 2362.5 ms | 0 |
Validation timeline
| Validated | Summary | Score | Protocol | Auth mode | Tools | High-risk tools | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Healthy | 73.4 | 2025-03-26 | oauth_supported | 2 | 0 | auth_mode_changed tool_snapshot_changed |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:32 AM UTC | Healthy | 44.0 | unknown | unknown | 0 | 0 | none |
| Aug 06, 2026 01:06:17 AM UTC | Healthy | 43.5 | unknown | unknown | 0 | 0 | none |
| Aug 05, 2026 07:05:11 PM UTC | Healthy | 46.0 | unknown | unknown | 0 | 0 | none |
| Aug 04, 2026 08:49:54 PM UTC | Healthy | 46.0 | unknown | unknown | 0 | 0 | none |
| Jul 31, 2026 06:29:06 AM UTC | Healthy | 44.5 | unknown | unknown | 0 | 0 | none |
Recent validation runs
| Started | Status | Summary | Latency | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:31 AM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2205.4 ms | action_safety_probe, advanced_capabilities_probe, connector_publishability_probe, connector_replay_probe, determinism_probe, initialize, interactive_flow_probe, oauth_authorization_server, oauth_protected_resource, official_registry_probe, openid_configuration, probe_noise_resilience, prompt_get, prompts_list, protocol_version_probe, provenance_divergence_probe, request_association_probe, resource_read, resources_list, schema_divergence_probe, server_card, session_resume_probe, step_up_auth_probe, tool_snapshot_probe, tools_list, transport_compliance_probe, utility_coverage_probe |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:29 AM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2668.5 ms | |
| Aug 06, 2026 01:06:15 AM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2750.7 ms | |
| Aug 05, 2026 07:05:08 PM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2733.4 ms | |
| Aug 04, 2026 08:49:51 PM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2684.6 ms | |
| Jul 31, 2026 06:29:04 AM UTC | Completed | Healthy | 2362.5 ms | |
Public server reputation
Incident & change feed
| Timestamp | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 05, 2026 10:59:48 AM UTC | Score corrected (post-1.0.503 remediation, R1 zero-anchoring) | Prior: 76.69. Corrected: 75.67. |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Latest validation: healthy | Score 73.4 with status healthy. |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Score changed | Score delta +29.4 versus the previous run. |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Tool snapshot changed | Added 2, removed 0, and changed 0 tool contracts. |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:33 AM UTC | Auth mode changed | Auth mode moved from unknown to oauth_supported. |
| Aug 06, 2026 07:06:32 AM UTC | Score changed | Score delta +0.6 versus the previous run. |
| Aug 06, 2026 01:06:17 AM UTC | Score changed | Score delta -2.5 versus the previous run. |
Capabilities
- OAuth:
- DCR/CIMD:
- Prompts:
- Homepage: none
- Docs: none
- Support: none
- Icon: none
- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
- Server card: none
Benchmark tasks
| Benchmark task | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Discover tools | Passes |
|
| Read-only fetch flow | Passes |
|
| OAuth-required connect | Passes |
|
| Safe write flow with confirmation | Passes |
|
Utility coverage
Transport compliance drilldown
Issues: missing_protocol_header, delete_session_unexpected, expired_session_not_404
Request association
Connector replay
Required-argument replay breaks
| Tool | Added required args | Removed required args |
|---|---|---|
| No required-argument replay breaks detected. | ||
Output-schema replay breaks
| Tool | Removed properties | Added properties |
|---|---|---|
| No output-schema replay breaks detected. | ||
Tool snapshot diff & changelog
Required-argument changes
| Tool | Added required args | Removed required args |
|---|---|---|
| No required-argument changes detected. | ||
Output-schema drift
| Tool | Previous properties | Latest properties |
|---|---|---|
| No output-schema drift detected. | ||
Validation diff
Regressed checks: openid_configuration, provenance_divergence_probe, server_card, transport_compliance_probe
Improved checks: action_safety_probe, connector_replay_probe, determinism_probe, initialize, interactive_flow_probe, oauth_authorization_server, oauth_protected_resource, official_registry_probe, probe_noise_resilience, prompt_get, prompts_list, resource_read, resources_list, session_resume_probe, step_up_auth_probe, tool_snapshot_probe, tools_list
Newly assessed dimensions: none
No longer assessed dimensions: none
| Component | Previous | Latest | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| No component deltas between the latest two runs. | |||
Registry & provenance divergence
| Field | Registry | Live server card |
|---|---|---|
| Title | n/a | n/a |
| Version | n/a | n/a |
| Homepage | n/a | n/a |
Active alerts
- Tool snapshot changed (high)
Tools were added, removed, or materially changed between the latest two validations. - Auth mode changed (high)
Auth mode changed from unknown to oauth_supported.
Aliases & registry graph
| Identifier | Source | Canonical | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
ai.exa/exa |
official_registry | yes | 73.4 |
Alias consolidation
Source disagreements
| Field | What differs | Observed values |
|---|---|---|
| No source disagreements detected. | ||
Fix it
Why this score?
Algorithmic score breakdown
Actionable remediation
| Severity | Remediation | Why it matters | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | Align session and protocol behavior with Streamable HTTP expectations | Clients increasingly rely on MCP-Protocol-Version, session teardown, and expired-session semantics. | Align MCP-Protocol-Version, MCP-Session-Id, DELETE teardown, and expired-session handling with the transport spec.Playbook
|
| High | Associate roots, sampling, and elicitation with active client requests | Modern MCP guidance expects roots, sampling, and elicitation traffic to be tied to an active client request instead of arriving unsolicited on idle sessions. | Only send roots/list, sampling/createMessage, or elicitation/create requests while handling an active client-initiated request, never on idle sessions.Playbook
|
| High | Publish a complete server card | Missing or incomplete server-card metadata weakens discovery, documentation, and trust signals. | Serve /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json and include tools, prompts/resources, homepage, and support links.Playbook
|
| High | Respond to auth mode changed | Auth mode changed from unknown to oauth_supported. | Document the new auth posture and confirm protected-resource and challenge metadata still match reality. |
| High | Respond to tool snapshot changed | Tools were added, removed, or materially changed between the latest two validations. | Publish a first-class changelog for tool additions, removals, and breaking schema changes.Playbook
|
| High | Sync the published server card's tool schemas with the live tool surface | The server card and live tools/list disagree on parameter names, required sets, or types -- clients that trust the published card will construct invalid calls. | Regenerate the published server card from the live tool schemas (or vice versa) so parameter names, required sets, and types match exactly.Playbook
|
| Medium | Adopt a current MCP protocol revision | Older protocol revisions reduce compatibility with newer clients and registry programs. | Advertise a current MCP protocol revision (2025-06-18 or later) in both the initialize response and the MCP-Protocol-Version header.Playbook
|
| Medium | Close connector-publishing gaps | Connector catalogs care about protocol recency, session behavior, auth clarity, and tool-surface stability. | |
| Medium | Publish OpenID configuration | OIDC metadata improves token validation and client compatibility. | Expose /.well-known/openid-configuration with issuer, jwks_uri, and supported grants.Playbook
|
| Medium | Reconcile registry, server-card, and repository metadata | Directory trust falls quickly when official registry fields drift from the live server card or public repo metadata. | |
| Low | Expose modern utility surfaces like completions, pagination, or tasks | Utility coverage improves interoperability with larger clients and long-lived agent workflows. | Expose completions, pagination, and task metadata where supported so larger clients can plan and resume work safely.Playbook
|
| Low | Publish newer MCP capability signals | Roots, sampling, elicitation, structured outputs, and related metadata improve client understanding and ranking. | Advertise only the advanced capabilities (roots, sampling, elicitation) you have actually implemented end to end in the initialize capabilities object.Playbook
|
Point loss breakdown
| Component | Current | Points missing |
|---|---|---|
| Utility Coverage | 0/4 | -4.0 |
| Recovery Semantics | 0/4 | -4.0 |
| Error Contract | 0/4 | -4.0 |
| Discovery Metadata | 1/4 | -3.0 |
| Dependency Supply Chain Signal | 1/4 | -3.0 |
| Advanced Capability Coverage | 1/4 | -3.0 |
| Trust Confidence | 2/4 | -2.0 |
| Transport Compliance | 2/4 | -2.0 |
| Spec Recency | 2/4 | -2.0 |
| Safety Transparency | 2/4 | -2.0 |
| Registry Consistency | 2/4 | -2.0 |
| Rate Limit Semantics | 2/4 | -2.0 |
Compatibility profiles
Connector URL: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp # Complete OAuth in the client when prompted. # Server: ai.exa/exa
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-remote", "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"]
}
}
}
smithery mcp add "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
curl -sS https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"mcp-verify","version":"0.1.0"}}}'
Governance
MCP TrustOps
TrustOps turns this report into operational controls: freshness SLAs, authenticated validation, semantic benchmarks, policy exports, alert subscriptions, badges, cost/compliance metadata, and runtime routing. Fresh trusted index decisions stay separate from long-tail inventory so stale scores do not masquerade as current evidence.
/v1/decideAlert subscription types
MCP Runtime hosting
Verify Hosted MCP turns a trusted server report into a managed remote MCP endpoint with GitHub deployment provenance, sandbox policy, encrypted secrets, release history, rollback, and audit/usage events.
/hosted/{namespace}/{name}/mcp| Deployment | Status | Endpoint | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| No hosted runtime deployments yet. | |||
Authenticated validation sessions
Public validation is free. Authenticated validation is paid and proves scoped behavior, write-action safeguards, and authenticated tool execution.
/v1/verify/v1/ci/previewInstall snippets
Connector URL: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp # Complete OAuth in the client when prompted. # Server: ai.exa/exa
{
"mcpServers": {
"exa": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["mcp-remote", "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"]
}
}
}
smithery mcp add "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
curl -sS https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"mcp-verify","version":"0.1.0"}}}'
Agent access & tool surface
tools/list, prompts/list, and resources/list checks.ai.exa/exa.