Use Metaphor from Claude
Add the Metaphor connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.
ConnectorMetaphor
Metaphor integration for Claude and Codex
Create a Metaphor connection, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.
CategoryAnalytics & Data
Use Metaphor from Codex
Add the Metaphor connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.
Use Metaphor from Sidekick
Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while Type provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.
Analytics & Data
What the Metaphor connector can do
Metaphor is a neural search engine that enables developers to perform contextually relevant searches by understanding how people describe and share content online.
One connection, many Spaces
Connect Metaphor once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.
Representative actions
- Get document contents by IDs
Tool to retrieve parsed HTML/text contents and metadata for documents by their IDs." Use when you need to fetch the full text and metadata of multiple documents at once.
Connection
API and auth details
Metaphor is now Exa, an AI-oriented web search and retrieval API. Integrations can run neural, keyword, auto, fast, or deep web searches; retrieve page contents; find similar links; use answer and research endpoints; and give AI systems web-search and citation-aware retrieval capabilities.
- Source
- Type catalog metadata
- Auth schemes
- API key
- API docs
- https://docs.exa.ai/
- API reference
- https://docs.exa.ai/reference/search
- Official site
- https://exa.ai/
Source links
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting Metaphor
Can Claude use Metaphor?
Yes. Add a Metaphor connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.
Can Codex work with Metaphor through Type?
Yes. Add a Metaphor connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.
Is this the same as a Metaphor MCP server?
Not exactly. Type uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.
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