Zed Exa Mcp Extension
What is Zed Exa Mcp Extension
The zed-exa-mcp-extension is an extension for Zed that integrates the Exa MCP server, enabling web search functionality and content retrieval from web pages.
Use cases
Use cases include conducting research by searching for articles online, extracting information from PDFs, or gathering data from specific web pages for analysis.
How to use
To use the zed-exa-mcp-extension, sign up for an Exa API account to obtain an API key. Configure the extension in your Zed settings by adding the API key and enabling the exa MCP tool in the assistant settings.
Key features
Key features include real-time web search with optimized results and content extraction, as well as crawling capabilities to extract content from specific URLs.
Where to use
The zed-exa-mcp-extension can be used in various fields such as research, content creation, and data analysis where web content retrieval is essential.
Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Overview
What is Zed Exa Mcp Extension
The zed-exa-mcp-extension is an extension for Zed that integrates the Exa MCP server, enabling web search functionality and content retrieval from web pages.
Use cases
Use cases include conducting research by searching for articles online, extracting information from PDFs, or gathering data from specific web pages for analysis.
How to use
To use the zed-exa-mcp-extension, sign up for an Exa API account to obtain an API key. Configure the extension in your Zed settings by adding the API key and enabling the exa MCP tool in the assistant settings.
Key features
Key features include real-time web search with optimized results and content extraction, as well as crawling capabilities to extract content from specific URLs.
Where to use
The zed-exa-mcp-extension can be used in various fields such as research, content creation, and data analysis where web content retrieval is essential.
Clients Supporting MCP
The following are the main client software that supports the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
Content
mcp-server-exa-search
Zed extension that wraps the exa-mcp-server package from exa-labs/exa-mcp-server. This extension supports both web search functionality and retrieval of web page contents.
Features
The Exa MCP server provides these tools for Zed:
- web_search: Performs real-time web searches with optimized results and content extraction
- crawling: Extracts content from specific URLs, useful for reading articles, PDFs, or any web page
Configuration
This MCP server requires an API key.
- Sign up for an Exa API account
- Generate your API key from dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys
In your Zed settings:
{
"context_servers": {
"mcp-server-exa-search": {
"settings": {
"exa_api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}Agent Mode Configuration
If you’re using Zed’s agent mode, you need to enable this context server for your assistant:
- Open Zed’s assistant settings
- Enable the exa MCP tool. If you see that the status of the tool is a red dot, make sure you added your exa api key in settings
- Enable the exa MCP tool in the active assistant profile. In the chat section, click on the ‘Write|Ask’ button, then click on ‘tools’, then enable the exa MCP tool.
Dev Tools Supporting MCP
The following are the main code editors that support the Model Context Protocol. Click the link to visit the official website for more information.
