MCP server · Brave
Brave Search MCP Server
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- Type
- MCP server
- Tasks
- Library docs & research
- Compatible agents
- Claude Desktop, VS Code (source: clients with a usage section in the official README (Claude Desktop, VS Code; also the fx terminal agent))
- Verdict
- Pick it for web and news search from the agent through Brave's independent index; you need a Brave Search API key and queries go to Brave's API.
- Permissions
- Sends your search queries to the Brave Search API (web, local, image, video, news, place search, summarizer and LLM context tools); tools can be limited with BRAVE_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS / BRAVE_MCP_DISABLED_TOOLS.
- Credentials
- BRAVE_API_KEY (or BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE) from a Brave Search API account.
- Maintenance
- Release v2.1.4 on 2026-09-17; last commit 2026-10-05
- License
- MIT
- Install
- `npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server --transport stdio` with BRAVE_API_KEY, or Docker image `mcp/brave-search` (see README). Official install docs ↗
- Source
- https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
- Verified on
- 2026-10-20
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