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title: "Connect SEMrush to Exa - APIANT.ai"
description: "When \"Completed Site Audit\" fires in SEMrush, your agent runs \"Create Research Task\" in Exa."
canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-exa"
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# Connect SEMrush to Exa

When **Completed Site Audit** fires in [SEMrush](https://apiant.ai/connections/semrush), your agent runs **Create Research Task** in [Exa](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.

SEMrush **1** trigger SEMrush **6** actions Exa **6** actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

## What do you want SEMrush and Exa to do together?

Give your AI client this address.

`https://mcp.apiant.ai`

One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.

### Set it up in your client

### Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

`claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai`

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

[Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code)

### Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

### Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp)

Example flows

## What SEMrush can start in Exa

- When **Completed Site Audit** in SEMrush then **Create Research Task** in Exa
- When **Completed Site Audit** in SEMrush then **Get Research Task** in Exa

Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.

Everything your agent can do with SEMrush and Exa

## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 12 actions

- Trigger

**Completed Site Audit**

Triggers when a Site Audit finishes for a project, giving the new snapshot ID and finish time.

- Action

**Create Project**

Creates a new Semrush project for a website and returns its project ID.

- Action

**Get Overview Report**

Returns the overview report of one Site Audit snapshot: site health score and the errors, warnings and notices found.

- Action

**Get Site Audit Campaign Info**

Returns the Site Audit campaign summary for a project: status, error/warning/notice counts, pages crawled and audit dates.

- Action

**List Projects**

Returns all Semrush projects in your account, with each project's ID, name and website.

- Action

**List Site Audit Snapshots**

Returns the finished Site Audit snapshots for a project, each with its snapshot ID and finish time.

- Action

**Re-Crawl a Site Audit Campaign**

Starts a new Site Audit crawl for an existing campaign and returns the new snapshot ID.

- Action

**Create Research Task**

Starts an asynchronous Exa research (Agent) run for a natural-language question and returns the run, including its id and status. Use Get Research Task to read the finished answer.

- Action

**Find similar links**

Returns web pages similar to a given URL, optionally with their text, highlights or summaries.

- Action

**Generate Answer**

Answers a question using Exa web search results, returning the generated answer and the sources it cites.

- Action

**Get Research Task**

Returns a research (Agent) run by its id, including its status, answer text, structured result, citations and cost.

- Action

**Get Webpage Content**

Returns the full text, highlights, summary and metadata for one or more webpages by URL.

- Action

**Perform Web Search**

Searches the web with Exa and returns the matching pages (title, URL, published date, author and any requested contents), plus synthesized output when an output schema is given.

## Each app on its own

- [ **SEMrush** Semrush is an All-in-one Marketing Toolkit for digital marketing professionals.](https://apiant.ai/connections/semrush)
- [ **Exa** Exa is a Web Search API that helps you search the web, extract content from any URL, and find similar...](https://apiant.ai/connections/exa)

Reviews

## What our customers say

## More from SEMrush

- [ **SEMrush to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-slack)
- [ **SEMrush to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-stripe)
- [ **SEMrush to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-shopify)
- [ **SEMrush to Trello** Trello is a visual collaboration tool that organizes projects into boards, lists, and cards.](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-trello)
- [ **SEMrush to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-zoom)
- [ **SEMrush to Twilio** Cloud communications platform for sending SMS/MMS messages, making and managing voice calls, and looking up...](https://apiant.ai/connect/semrush-to-twilio)

## More into Exa

- [ **WooCommerce to Exa** WooCommerce — manage products, variations, categories, tags, orders, customers, and coupons on your...](https://apiant.ai/connect/woocommerce-to-exa)
- [ **HubSpot to Exa** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-exa)
- [ **Salesforce to Exa** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-exa)
- [ **Slack to Exa** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-exa)
- [ **Google Sheets to Exa** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-exa)
- [ **Gmail to Exa** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-exa)

Questions

## SEMrush and Exa, answered

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### What can start an automation from SEMrush?

Any of SEMrush's 1 trigger in the catalog, including Completed Site Audit. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

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### What can your agent do in Exa when something happens in SEMrush?

Any of Exa's 6 actions, including Create Research Task, Find similar links, Generate Answer and Get Research Task. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

###

### Can it also run from Exa to SEMrush?

Exa has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in SEMrush. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Exa's API documentation and adds it.

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### Do I have to build a connector for SEMrush or Exa?

No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.

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### Can my AI client use SEMrush and Exa without building an automation?

Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.

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### What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

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### Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.
