How to install Exa MCP to Claude Code

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🔍 Add Exa MCP to Claude Code in 2 Minutes

Quick walkthrough on installing Exa MCP for Claude Code. Exa is a game-changer for pulling fresh API docs and research context directly into your coding sessions — no more outdated training data. I also cover the basics of adding any MCP to Claude Code so you can expand from here.

Go to setting on Claude desktop and click the "Edit Config" button. It will open a JSON file. Open this in VS Code or any IDE of your choice and paste the following

{

"mcpServers": {

"exa": {

"command": "npx",

"args": [

"-y",

"mcp-remote",

"https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"

]

}

}

}