{"slug": "ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1", "title": "ai.exa/exa (ai.exa/exa@3.4.1)", "summary": "The ai.exa/exa MCP server, version 3.4.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-23 and is distributed as a hosted remote over streamable-http, according to the mcpindex index. The index's semantic screen of the server's tool description returned a pass with status PARTIAL, finding no hidden-instruction manipulation pattern, but the deterministic conformance probe has not yet been run and the listing is past its freshness window. The mcpindex gate pins each server's tool contracts and holds a call when a contract drifts before an agent acts, addressing silent contract changes that occur without a version bump.", "body_md": "[← Index](https://mcpindex.ai/leaderboard)\n\n# ai.exa/exa\n\nConnect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.\n\nThe current version, v3.4.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-23. It is distributed as a hosted remote over streamable-http, filed under Search by this index. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; [the index's current counts](https://mcpindex.ai/stats) put this record in context.\n\n## Using ai.exa/exa in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?\n\nMCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and **HOLDs the call** when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use **Install this server** for that).\n\nRewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less\n\n```\nuv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire\n```\n\n[method](https://mcpindex.ai/methodology)\n\nSemantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.\n\n`mcpindex.integrity.description` passINFO\nevidence“No hidden actions”via static_description\n\n- - Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server\n- - Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)\n- - Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior\n- - advisory\n- - registry description only no input schema\n- - Past its freshness window - we could not re-confirm this listing\n- - The description this screen assessed is no longer the one published\n- - The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not\n\nSemantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.\n\nOwn this server? [Screen its description →](https://mcpindex.ai/screen)\n\n## That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-23).\n\nContracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins ai.exa/exa’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.\n\n[See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →](https://mcpindex.ai/guides/install-the-gate-first-hold)\n\nRelated: [how to trust an MCP server](https://mcpindex.ai/guides/how-to-trust-an-mcp-server) · [screen before install](https://mcpindex.ai/guides/screen-mcp-server-before-install) · [silent contract drift](https://mcpindex.ai/guides/mcp-silent-contract-drift)\n\nPeople vet a server before wiring it in. One line on your project site or docs answers that with an independent record: screening verdict, registry provenance, contract drift history. It stays current as new screens and drift events land.\n\n```\n[Independent trust record for ai.exa/exa](https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-exa-exa) - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\nIndependent trust record for ai.exa/exa - screening verdict, registry provenance, and contract drift monitoring.\n```\n\nA live verdict badge for your README or listing. It reflects the current screen, links back here, and updates when the verdict does.\n\n```\n[](https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-exa-exa)\n![\"mcpindex](\"https://mcpindex.ai/api/v1/badge/ai-exa-exa\")
\n```\n\n[methodology](https://mcpindex.ai/methodology)\n\n[EmpirioLabs AIai.empiriolabs/mcp](https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-empiriolabs-mcp)\n\nEvery EmpirioLabs model and platform feature as tools: chat, media, search, jobs, GPU Cloud, agents.\n\n[Fodda Topic & Trend Researchai.fodda/topic-research](https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-fodda-topic-research)\n\nTrend, stats & insight search across PSFK expert graphs with citable sources.\n\n[ai.ezel/ezelai.ezel/ezel](https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-ezel-ezel)\n\nSearch U.S. case law, fetch opinions, and ask matter-aware legal questions over your documents.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1", "canonical_source": "https://mcpindex.ai/server/ai-exa-exa", "published_at": "2026-09-23 00:29:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 00:55:13.030059+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["ai.exa/exa", "Exa", "mcpindex", "Claude", "Cursor", "Gemini CLI", "Cline", "Zed"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-exa-exa-ai-exa-exa-3-4-1.jsonld"}}