Brave Search MCP Server

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Lets your AI agent search the web, news, images and videos through Brave Search

About Brave Search MCP Server

Brave Search MCP Server is Brave's connector that lets your AI agent search the web, news, images, videos and local places and read page text, using Brave's search index and an API key.

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Made by Brave

Brave is an internet company based in San Francisco that makes the Brave browser and Brave Search, both built around user privacy.

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License: MIT
Cost: Usage-based
Level: Intermediate
Runs: Local

Overview

Brave Search MCP Server is Brave's own connector that gives an AI agent live search results from the Brave Search index. Your agent can run web, news, image, video and local place searches, ask for a short AI summary of the results, or pull page text prepared for the model to read. You add it to your agent's MCP settings with a Brave Search API key. It suits anyone who wants an agent to look things up with current sources.

The results come from Brave's own search index rather than another engine, and the connector is published by Brave itself.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

Search the news from the past day about [topic] and list three headlines with their links.First try · uses API credits
Find five recent web pages that explain [topic] and summarise each in one sentence with its link.uses API credits
Search for videos about [topic] and list the titles, lengths and links.uses API credits
Find cafes near [city] and show their addresses and opening hours.uses API credits

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Capabilities

From the creator's documentation.

Toolset	What your agent can do	Access
Web search	Search the web with filters for country, language and how recent results are	Read
News search	Find current news articles, with the last 24 hours as the default	Read
Image and video search	Find images and videos with their links, sizes and other details	Read
Local and place search	Find businesses and places with addresses, hours and ratings; full local results depend on your plan	Read
AI summaries	Ask Brave for a short summary of web search results, with optional source links	Read
Page text for the model	Pull page text prepared for an AI model to read, with limits you can set	Read

Good to know

You want an MCP client to answer questions with current web sources. The server sends each search to the Brave Search API and returns web, news, image, video or place results, an optional summary, or extracted page text for the model.

Limits

Every search uses your Brave Search API key and counts against your credits. Brave asks for a credit card at sign-up even when you stay within the monthly free credits.
Some features, such as full local business results and extra snippets, depend on your API plan. Search queries leave your computer and go to Brave.

Notes by Agent Flows Hub (original project name: brave-search-mcp-server), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. Brave Search MCP Server: tools and installation · Brave Search API: plans and free credits

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How to start

Paste the install requestIt asks your agent to read the official instructions, tell you what it will connect to and wait for your OK.
Sign up and choose a planCreate an account or sign in, then compare the official plans.
Give it a first taskAsk the agent to search the news for one topic from the past day and list three headlines with their links. Open one link to compare it with the agent's summary.

Steps follow the creator's instructions. The request tells your agent to read them first and wait for your OK.

Before you start

An AI agent that supports MCP, such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
A Brave Search API account; Brave asks for a credit card at sign-up
Node.js (to run it with npx) or Docker
An MCP client, such as Claude Desktop or VS Code
Free option: The Search and Answers plans include free credits every month; after that you buy prepaid credits
It connects to the internet. Your agent will show you what before installing.
Pay per use. The AI service it calls charges for what you use.

Details

Made by: Brave
License: MIT Terms
Plans: Search, Answers, EnterpriseOfficial prices
Runs on: Your computer

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For AI agents

This page as a Markdown install brief:

/en/library/brave-search-mcp/install.md

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