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Brave Search MCP

The Brave Search MCP Server enables AI agents to perform web searches, retrieve images, videos, and rich results, and access AI summaries. It supports both stdio and HTTP transports and can be deployed via Docker or NPX.

Package and access

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Brave Search MCP logo, by BraveCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Brave
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Checks and signals

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  • Popularity 1,553 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

  • Perform web searches
  • Retrieve image results
  • Access video results
  • Get AI summaries

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 2.1.3MIT
mcp-registry: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.3Source repository
Last repository push
Latest release
v2.1.4
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Packages and installation

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@brave/brave-search-mcp-server 2.1.3

npm
@brave/brave-search-mcp-server package definition
{
  "version": "2.1.3",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "BRAVE_API_KEY",
      "format": "string",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Your API key for the service"
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Maintenance history

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  • · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
  • · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-brave-brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-brave-brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-brave-brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-brave-brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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