Zed
Desktop · Free · GNU
A high-performance multiplayer collaborative code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. Supports MCP servers.
Research & Data · Search Tools
Zed Exa MCP Extension
exa-labs/zed-exa-mcp-extension
Zed extension that integrates exa-mcp-server to provide web search and content scraping.
Install
See repository
Setup steps are in the repository README.
- GitHub stars
- 3
- Author
- @exa-labs
- Category
- Research & Data, Search Tools
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
About Zed Exa MCP Extension
A Zed extension that connects Zed's Agent Panel to Exa's hosted MCP server (https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp) via mcp-remote, giving your agent web search, page fetching, and Exa Agent tools.
Tools (4)
web_search_exa
Search the web for any topic and get clean, ready-to-use content
web_fetch_exa
Read a webpage's full content as clean markdown from one or more URLs
web_search_advanced_exa
Advanced search with filters, domains, dates, highlights, summaries, and subpage crawling
agent_run
Run an Exa Agent for multi-step research, list-building, enrichment, and structured output (requires an API key)
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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