skills/curated/exa-web-search-free/SKILL.md
Free AI search via Exa MCP. Web search for news/info, code search for docs/examples from GitHub/StackOverflow, company research for business intel. No API key needed.
npx skillsauth add pedronauck/skills exa-web-search-freeInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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Neural search for web, code, and company research. No API key required.
Verify mcporter is configured:
mcporter list exa
If not listed:
mcporter config add exa https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp
Search web for current info, news, or facts.
mcporter call 'exa.web_search_exa(query: "latest AI news 2026", numResults: 5)'
Parameters:
query - Search querynumResults (optional, default: 8)type (optional) - "auto", "fast", or "deep"Find code examples and docs from GitHub, Stack Overflow.
mcporter call 'exa.get_code_context_exa(query: "React hooks examples", tokensNum: 3000)'
Parameters:
query - Code/API search querytokensNum (optional, default: 5000) - Range: 1000-50000Research companies for business info and news.
mcporter call 'exa.company_research_exa(companyName: "Anthropic", numResults: 3)'
Parameters:
companyName - Company namenumResults (optional, default: 5)Six additional tools available by updating config URL:
web_search_advanced_exa - Domain/date filtersdeep_search_exa - Query expansioncrawling_exa - Full page extractionpeople_search_exa - Professional profilesdeep_researcher_start/check - AI research agentEnable all tools:
mcporter config add exa-full "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?tools=web_search_exa,web_search_advanced_exa,get_code_context_exa,deep_search_exa,crawling_exa,company_research_exa,people_search_exa,deep_researcher_start,deep_researcher_check"
# Then use:
mcporter call 'exa-full.deep_search_exa(query: "AI safety research")'
type: "fast" for quick lookup, "deep" for thorough researchtokensNum (1000-2000) for focused, higher (5000+) for comprehensivedevelopment
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