# Exa MCP: Use Exa in Slack and Email

Source: https://maito.app/integrations/exa

Connect the Exa MCP server to Maito in one click, and your whole team can use it from Slack or email: “Find the five most recent posts comparing Postgres and MySQL performance.”

Exa searches the web and code documentation. Connect the Exa MCP server to Maito once, and everyone on your team can use Exa from Slack, by email, or from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse. Nobody else has to sign in.

-   Connects in one click
-   No sign-in needed
-   One connection for the whole team
-   Server by [Exa](https://exa.ai/)

Updated October 21, 2026

## What you can ask with Exa

Requests to Maito

![Dana](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/dana.webp)

Dana in Slack

Find the five most recent posts comparing Postgres and MySQL performance.

![Sam](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/sam.webp)

Sam by email

How do I paginate results in the Stripe Node library?

Maito uses Exa to do the work and replies where you asked.

## How to connect Exa

Open Connections in your workspace and choose Connect next to Exa. It needs no separate sign-in: choose Connect and it's ready. Name the account and choose Workspace under who can use it. That's the only time anyone signs in: your whole team, shared chats and Loops can use Exa from then on. Or skip ahead and ask for the work: Maito sends you a link if Exa isn't connected yet.

## Questions

### What is the Exa MCP server URL?

Exa publishes it at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp, and it needs no sign-in.

### Can I use the Exa MCP server from Slack?

Yes. Connect it to Maito once, then mention Maito in any Slack channel or send it a direct message. The same connection works by email and from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse.

### Does everyone on my team have to connect Exa?

No. One person connects it once and chooses Workspace. Then everyone in the workspace, shared chats and Loops can use Exa, without signing in themselves. Choose Only me instead to keep it to your own chats.

### Do I have to connect Exa before I ask?

No. If a request needs Exa and it isn't connected yet, your agent sends you a link. Connect it, and the work picks up where it stopped.

### Can I limit what Maito does in Exa?

Yes. After you connect, turn off any Exa tools you don't want Maito to use, such as the ones that change data. Tools Exa adds later stay off until you turn them on.

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## Put your AI employee to work.

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