diff --git a/.agents/install.sh b/.agents/install.sh
index 65e8a80..941223b 100755
--- a/.agents/install.sh
+++ b/.agents/install.sh
@@ -124,27 +124,28 @@ for VSCODE_MCP in "${VSCODE_MCP_PATHS[@]}"; do
     MCP_SERVER_CMD="node"
     MCP_SERVER_ARGS="[\"--experimental-strip-types\", \"$DOTFILES_AGENTS/mcp/index.ts\"]"
 
-    if [[ ! -f "$VSCODE_MCP" ]]; then
-      printf '{\n  "servers": {\n    "%s": {\n      "type": "stdio",\n      "command": "%s",\n      "args": %s\n    }\n  }\n}\n' \
-        "$MCP_KEY" "$MCP_SERVER_CMD" "$MCP_SERVER_ARGS" > "$VSCODE_MCP"
-      log "Created VS Code global MCP config: $VSCODE_MCP"
-    elif node -e "const c=JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('$VSCODE_MCP','utf8')); process.exit(c.servers && c.servers['$MCP_KEY'] ? 0 : 1)" 2>/dev/null; then
-      skip "VS Code MCP entry '$MCP_KEY' already present in $VSCODE_MCP"
-    else
-      node -e "
+    node -e "
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = '$VSCODE_MCP';
-const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8'));
+const config = fs.existsSync(path) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path, 'utf8')) : {};
 config.servers = config.servers || {};
-config.servers['$MCP_KEY'] = {
-  type: 'stdio',
-  command: '$MCP_SERVER_CMD',
-  args: $MCP_SERVER_ARGS
-};
-fs.writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2) + '\n');
+let changed = false;
+if (!config.servers['$MCP_KEY']) {
+  config.servers['$MCP_KEY'] = { type: 'stdio', command: '$MCP_SERVER_CMD', args: $MCP_SERVER_ARGS };
+  changed = true;
+}
+if (!config.servers['exa']) {
+  config.servers['exa'] = { type: 'http', url: 'https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp' };
+  changed = true;
+}
+if (changed) {
+  fs.writeFileSync(path, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2) + '\n');
+  console.log('VS Code MCP config updated: ' + path);
+} else {
+  process.stdout.write('');
+}
 "
-      log "VS Code MCP entry merged: $VSCODE_MCP"
-    fi
+    log "VS Code MCP entries ensured: $VSCODE_MCP"
     break
   fi
 done