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Exa Search

Exa Search is an MCP server that provides web search and code context retrieval through its tools `web_search_exa` and `get_code_context_exa`. It assists developers and technical teams in integrating live web data searches and extracting relevant code context for debugging, documentation, or development workflows.

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Overview

Exa Search is an MCP server designed to facilitate enhanced developer workflows by providing access to web search data and code context extraction via API tools. It integrates two primary tools to support tasks requiring live information retrieval and contextual code understanding.

Key Capabilities

  • web_search_exa: Enables querying and retrieving real-time web search results programmatically, allowing applications to access up-to-date information from the web.
  • get_code_context_exa: Extracts relevant contextual information from codebases, assisting developers in understanding code snippets, debugging, and generating documentation.

Use Cases

  • Integrating live web search results into developer dashboards or applications using web_search_exa to provide up-to-date information.
  • Automating code review processes by extracting code context with get_code_context_exa to help identify potential issues or generate insights.
  • Enhancing developer documentation tools by supplying contextual code explanations from get_code_context_exa.
  • Supporting technical content creators who need to combine web research data and code examples programmatically.

Who This Is For

Exa Search is intended for software developers, DevOps engineers, and technical content creators who require programmatic access to live web search data alongside tools for analyzing and extracting context from codebases. It supports integration within development environments, CI/CD pipelines, and documentation platforms.

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