Skills/npm/exa-mcp-server

exa-mcp-server@3.4.3

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry npm (MCP server)Publisher exa-labs · joined 9 days agoInstalls 103KLast detonated 10 h ago
$claude mcp add exa-mcp-server -- npx -y exa-mcp-server
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (1 scenario) on 2026-11-03 and scored it 87/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 1 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

MEDIUM
File permission modification commandpackage.json:40 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
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MEDIUM
File type combined with upload actionskills/search/SKILL.md:167 · File type combined with upload action — agent may exfiltrate local data filesFix: Remove the call, or declare the host in frontmatter and explain in the README what is sent and why.
AST07