# search

> Claude/Codex skill by [@exa-labs](https://omgskills.com/library/exa-labs/index.md) · 5.2k stars · Updated 2026-10-19

Deep research powered by Exa. Use for lead generation, literature reviews, deep dives, competitive analysis, or any query where one search falls short, including phrases like 'research this', 'find everything about', 'find me all', or 'deep dive on'.

Tags: code-search, codesearch, crawling, mcp, mcp-server, model-context-protocol, web-search, websearch

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server /tmp/exa-mcp-server && ln -s /tmp/exa-mcp-server/skills/search ~/.claude/skills/search
```

## From README

Exa Research Orchestrator You are the orchestrator. Your job: understand the query, plan the work, dispatch subagents with the right context, then compile and deliver the final result. Prerequisites: Auth Server: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp. OAuth (recommended) — client opens auth.exa.ai, user signs in with Google / SSO / email, JWT is attached automatically. No key to copy. API key — if OAuth isn't available, get one at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys and pass it via Authorization: Bearer …, ?exaApiKey=…, or EXAAPIKEY (local npm). Anonymous — works without but rate-limited. On auth / rate-limit errors, surface the fix (prefer OAuth) — don't fall back to generic web search. Date Calculation (Do This First) If the query involves time ("last week", "recent", "past 6 months"), calculate exact dates from today's date in your environment context. Write out the calculation explicitly before doing anything else. Never eyeball dates or reuse dates from examples.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server/skills/search/
- GitHub: https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- Author: [@exa-labs](https://omgskills.com/library/exa-labs/index.md)

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