# Is `npm:exa-mcp-server` safe to install? (snapshot)

**This page is a snapshot, not clearance, and not a safety guarantee.**
Advisories, registry data and KarmaDue answers change.
**Recheck live immediately before you install.** Do not treat `no_known_issues` or a missing record as approval.

- Captured at: 2026-11-12 2:31:13 AM EST (`2026-11-12T02:31:13.705947-05:00`)
- Target: `npm:exa-mcp-server`
- Ecosystem: `npm`
- Package: `exa-mcp-server`
- Decision: `no_known_issues`
- Enforce: `proceed_with_care`
- Headline: No advisories or malicious-package reports cover exa-mcp-server@3.4.3 (47,292 downloads last week). Go ahead with normal care.

## Sources in this snapshot

- passport: https://karmadue.expo.app/passport/kd:res:github:exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- checked: npm registry: package exists
- checked: npm usage and publisher: 47,292 downloads last week, publisher "GitHub Actions"
- checked: OSV advisories and OpenSSF malicious-package reports for exa-mcp-server@3.4.3
- checked: KarmaDue record kd:res:github:exa-labs/exa-mcp-server
- checked: npm status of exa-mcp-server@3.4.3: not deprecated, published 2026-11-03
- checked: OSV advisory history for exa-mcp-server (all versions)

## Gaps (what was not checked)

- no safety-grade check (security review, sandbox run, malware scan or dependency audit) on file
- behaviour at run time is never observed by this check

## Recheck live before install

Safety MCP (streamable HTTP, no account):

`https://ogogoizwsfaduzehkshb.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp/safety`

One-line MCP call:

    check {"target":"npm:exa-mcp-server","action":"install"}

curl:

```bash
curl -s -X POST https://ogogoizwsfaduzehkshb.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp/safety \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' -H 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -H 'X-KD-Via: kd-founder-test' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"check","arguments":{"target":"npm:exa-mcp-server","action":"install"}}}'
```

This snapshot was produced with the header `X-KD-Via: kd-founder-test` so KarmaDue can exclude founder test traffic from usage counts when that tagging is in place. You do not need that header.

Index of snapshot pages: [docs/safe/index.md](../../safe/index.md) · KarmaDue: [AGENTS.md](https://karmadue.expo.app/AGENTS.md)