Brave Search MCP Server

Name: Brave Search MCP Server
Availability: InStock
Author: Kata Team

Web, local, news, image, video, and AI-summary search via the Brave API.

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Before you connect: what this server would do

A preview derived from this server’s definition — not a live run. Nothing runs and no key is sent until you connect. You run this server on your own machine — FindAgent never runs it.

Tools it can use (5)

brave_web_search
Run a web search.
brave_local_search
Search local businesses and places.
brave_news_search
Search recent news.
brave_image_search
Search images.
brave_summarizer
Return Brave's AI summary for a query.

Credentials it will ask for (1)

Brave Search API Key
Used with: api.search.brave.com

What FindAgent checked

It passed an automated security scan and a human review before it was published here.
Your client talks to this server directly, so FindAgent’s run-time protections — the secret and prompt-injection scan on every result, the credential-to-host binding, the approval gates — do not apply to what you send or receive here.

How FindAgent keeps servers safe

Run locally

This MCP server runs on your own machine — FindAgent only points you at it. Run the command below, then add it to your MCP client. Nothing is hosted or proxied on our side.

terminal

npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server --transport stdio

Add it to your MCP client

Paste this into your client config (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or a Cursor mcp.json), then restart the client.

mcp client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

View the source repository

What you'll need — and where to get it

This agent will ask you for the following. You enter them when you connect — they're encrypted and never shared with the creator.

Brave Search API Key
Get a key at brave.com/search/api.
Get this from search.brave.com's account or API settings.
Paste the value as a single line.
Only sent to: api.search.brave.com