# exa-connection — Exa joins the quick-add connections

Cast is Alex, the Acme Robotics admin, in OpenWork Cloud on the web. Exa is
the AI search engine his team already uses; its hosted MCP server takes the
org's Exa API key. This demo shows Exa as a first-class quick-add connection:
tap the card, paste the key, and the org's AI coworkers can search the web
through Exa.

1. Alex opens Connections and Exa is right there in quick add, next to Notion and Slack — a real card with a real description, not a custom URL he has to remember.

2. Tapping the card opens Add Exa with the server URL prefilled and one thing to do: paste the org's Exa API key. No OAuth app, no extra choices — the key is the whole setup.

3. After adding, the Exa row shows Connected — the server was reached and validated for real — and the org's agent surface now lists Exa's actual search tools, ready for every AI coworker the org granted access.
