Yes. Connect with a remote URL in Cursor’s mcp.json. Exa's official server, Exa, is live and uses No auth. Checked live on 2026-10-27.

Can Cursor Use Exa? MCP Setup, Live Check (2026)

Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology

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Remote Exa servers

Server	Publisher	Status	Sign-in	Tools	Trust
Exa Yours? Claim it	Official	Live	No auth	2	A
Exa Search Yours? Claim it	Community	Live · sign-in	OAuth sign-in	—	A
Exa Yours? Claim it	Community	Live	No auth	—	B
xpay Competitive Intel Yours? Claim it	Community	Not checked	Unknown	—	D
xpay Lead Gen Yours? Claim it	Community	Not checked	Unknown	—	D
Web Search API Eval Yours? Claim it	Community	Not checked	Unknown	—	D
AgentObserver - Check x402 Dependencies Before Paying Yours? Claim it	Community	Down	Unknown	—	D
Exa Labs Exa Code MCP Yours? Claim it	Community	Down	API key	—	D

Local Exa servers

Server	Publisher	Status	Sign-in	Tools	Trust
web-retrieval-mcp Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	API key	—	C
SearchHub Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	API key	—	C
MCP Browser Research Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	No auth	—	D
MCP Exa Yours? Claim it	Community	Local install	No auth	—	D

How to add Exa to Cursor

Open Cursor Settings → MCP and add a new server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project).
Paste the remote URL, or the install config from the server page for a local server.
Sign in if the server asks, then use it in Agent chat.

Example for Exa (from the table above):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "exa": {
      "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Menus change, so check Cursor's MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Cursor.

Is it safe to connect Exa to Cursor?

Use the official server run by Exa. Anything a tool returns is sent to the AI vendor, so use a business plan that doesn't train on your data.

Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to Exa?

See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/exa/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/exa/

Does Exa have an official MCP server?

Yes: Exa (ai.exa/exa), published by Exa in the official MCP Registry. Endpoint: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/exa/

Can Cursor use Exa?

Official Exa route