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exa-mcp-server
Local install of the MCP server that fails to start due to the shebang issue.
- company_research_exa returns 112k+ characters, too large for Claude Code
Exa fixed this server-side: `company_research_exa` now caps each result at 7000 characters (`maxCharactersPerResult`) and defaults to 3 results (`numResults`). If you still need more results, ask your agent to pass explicit parameters, e.g.
- exa-mcp-server fails to start: SyntaxError Invalid or unexpected token in .smithery/index.cjs
The published npm tarball had the `#!/usr/bin/env node` shebang on line 2 of `.smithery/index.cjs` instead of line 1, which makes Node throw `SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token`. Fix: update to the latest npm package, where Exa correc