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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
Jul 14, 2026, 03:02 AM

LinkLoot AI review

Tool has value, start small

AI take: 57/100
Quick look at value, setup, permissions, and everyday caveats.

My take: Give OpenClaw Agents Free Web, Code, and Company Search with Exa MCP is an agent skill, not a normal reading tip. Start it isolated and without real tokens, cookies, or production data; it only becomes valuable if it fits your own agent workflow.

Direct value

Can save time as a small tool if it fits your workflow and you start with test data.

Check first

Do not start with real tokens, private repos, or production data.

What you get
  • The practical value shows up in your own mini test: install it, start it, and compare it with a harmless example.
What to watch
  • Before relying on it, check install, startup, and permissions against your setup.

Automated AI review. Decision aid, not a safety guarantee. · 2026-06-08 17:15:37 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.

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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