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Brave Search MCP

Brave’s official Search MCP server provides web and local business search plus images, videos, news, and summarization. Defaults to STDIO transport; requires a Brave Search API key.

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License

MIT

Kind

MCP

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  • Stars: 1.3k · catalog
  • Freshness: Updated 2026-06-01
  • Used in 1 known stack

Prerequisites

  • · Host app that loads MCP config (Cursor, Claude Desktop, etc.)
  • · Environment: BRAVE_API_KEY
  • · Node.js 18+

Reference command

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<your-brave-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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