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Brave Search MCP Server
OfficialBrave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.
No known CVEs
No license
Actively maintained
Last commit 4d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio
7 tools · ~2.2k tok
Grade C · 1.1% of 200K ctx
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search-mcp-server": {
"command": "<see-readme>",
"args": []
}
}
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What Brave Search MCP Server does
An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing comprehensive search capabilities including web search, local business search, place search, image search, video search, news search, LLM context, and AI-powered summarization. This project supports both STDIO and HTTP transports, with STDIO as the default mode.
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~2.2k tokens total
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Brave Search MCP Server safe to use?
- Brave Search MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
- How do I install Brave Search MCP Server?
- Brave Search MCP Server can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
- What can Brave Search MCP Server do?
- Brave Search MCP Server provides 7 tools: brave_web_search, brave_local_search, brave_video_search, brave_image_search, brave_news_search and 2 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
- What AI clients work with Brave Search MCP Server?
- Brave Search MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
- Is Brave Search MCP Server actively maintained?
- Brave Search MCP Server is actively maintained — last commit was 4 days ago. It has 1,088 GitHub stars.
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