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Read web pages

Returns clean text, the most relevant highlights or a summary for one or more known URLs, from Exa's cache or a fresh crawl.

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Updated Sep 27, 2026Available asMCPAPI

Description

Set `maxAgeHours` to 0 to fetch fresh content instead of cached content. To read a site's other pages too, set `subpages` and name the ones you want with `subpageTarget`.

get-page-contents.md

Read web pages

Returns clean text, the most relevant highlights or a summary for one or more known URLs, from Exa's cache or a fresh crawl.

Set maxAgeHours to 0 to fetch fresh content instead of cached content. To read a site's other pages too, set subpages and name the ones you want with subpageTarget.

Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

{ "mcpServers": { "exa": { "url": "https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?login" } } }

Call the MCP tool web_fetch_exa.

Server URL: https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp?login

API (official)

Before doing anything else, make one read-only call to confirm access.

Rules

  • Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data.
  • Never print API keys.

Built from these files in the repository

The layout and the rules come from lib/catalog/render-markdown.ts, the set-up wording from lib/catalog/render-access.ts.

Ways in

RouteSourceCallRequiredDocs
MCPOfficial · remoteweb_fetch_exaOAuthDocs
APIOfficialPOST /contentsAPI key in $EXA_API_KEYDocs

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