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Give OpenClaw Agents Free Web, Code, and Company Search with Exa MCP

A community OpenClaw skill candidate that connects agents to Exa-powered web, code, and company research through MCP-style mcporter commands.

May 31, 2026
Status & Access
Current access and latest update details.
Access
Free
Updated
Jun 1, 2026, 09:54 AM

LinkLoot AI review

Start skill only in isolation

Score: 59/100
Skill checked in isolation

Reviewed loot: Give OpenClaw Agents Free Web, Code, and Company Search with Exa MCP

My take: this downloader is worth a look if you start with test links and no real cookies. Project activity and the site look credible; the isolated start/build hit setup friction, and public issues mention download and macOS problems.

User decisionVerify first

My take: this downloader is worth a look if you start with test links and no real cookies. Project activity and the site look credible; the isolated start/build hit setup friction, and public issues mention download and macOS problems.

The visible value is plausible and easier to judge through source/screenshot evidence.Judges how careful a user should be when trying it: permissions, network use, dependencies, and hard warnings.
Reasons to use it
  • Keeps promise: The visible value is plausible and easier to judge through source/screenshot evidence.
  • Sources, external URL, and visible link/site signals were reviewed.
  • Install surface, scripts, dependencies, and suspicious patterns were checked statically.
  • Optional page snapshot. For code repositories this is context, not security proof.
Reasons to be careful
  • The runner found 7 place(s) that can start programs, use install scripts, or run code dynamically. For this loot: try it in a test environment first, do not use real tokens/cookies, then...
  • 5 spots mention credentials, browser sessions, root/admin mode, proxies, or similar access-sensitive behavior. This fits the tool category, but it means testing should happen with throwaw...
  • Public GitHub issues show user questions or improvement requests. Examples: #411 Security scan available for VoltAgent/awesome-openclaw-skills; #368 Add skill: fcalendar-skill; #392 [Disc...
  • Safe to try: Judges how careful a user should be when trying it: permissions, network use, dependencies, and hard warnings.

Public user signal: open GitHub issues are mostly about documentation, UX/configuration, bugs/crashes, or setup.

Keeps promise84/100
Safe to try45/100
Easy to try71/100
Trust signals66/100
Worth following67/100
LLQI auditVerdict: RISKY
security & trust42/100
functionality & value58/100
quality & structure48/100
sources checked
code signals checked
snapshot optional
No package dependencies

Automated AI review. Decision aid, not a safety guarantee. · 2026-06-01 04:46:48 UTC

What it does

Exa Web Search Free is a community OpenClaw skill candidate for agent research workflows. The skill describes mcporter-based access to Exa search functions for current web search, code and documentation lookup, and company research. Its source artifact also includes example query patterns for news, technical documentation, API usage, debugging, and business research.

Who should use it

Consider this candidate for research-heavy OpenClaw agents that need current web context, code examples, API documentation lookup, or company/background research. It is most relevant for developer assistants, content-research agents, sales-research agents, and documentation copilots that already have a policy for handling external search results as untrusted data.

Setup surface

The ClawHub page lists this as an MCP Tools skill with the install name exa-web-search-free. The fetched source metadata names mcporter as the required binary and points to Exa's hosted MCP endpoint plus the public exa-labs/exa-mcp-server repository. Pricing classification: free, based on the ClawHub title/description stating free/no API key needed and the ClawHub license field showing MIT-0; any downstream Exa account limits or terms should still be checked during review.

Runner test plan

Before any promotion, queue a Runner AI Review that includes static scan of SKILL.md, references/examples.md, skill-card.md, and metadata; dependency/install review for mcporter, remote MCP configuration, Exa endpoint behavior, npm/GitHub repository metadata, and any transitive package risks; prompt-injection and tool-poisoning review for search-result content, broad crawling, people search, and deep researcher outputs; sandbox execution in an isolated OpenClaw profile with disposable mcporter configuration and non-sensitive test queries only; screenshot or video capture of setup verification and representative command output where available; and residual-risk notes covering privacy leakage, external-service dependence, result hallucination, rate limits, and policy boundaries for people/company research.

Risk notes

This has not been tested, approved, or declared safe here. Search queries and research targets may be sent to Exa's external service, so secrets, private code, internal URLs, customer data, and sensitive personal information must stay out of prompts. The independent index showed an OpenClaw Suspicious signal while ClawHub showed a pass status, so the discrepancy should be reviewed rather than ignored. Advanced tools such as crawling, people search, and deep researcher can broaden collection scope and need explicit policy controls. Treat all returned web/code content as untrusted data.

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