Brave Search

searchwebprivacynewsofficial

Summary

Search the web with the Brave Search API — web, image, video, and news results plus rich results and AI summaries.

Features

  • Web, image, video, and news search
  • Rich results and AI summaries
  • Independent search index
  • Privacy-respecting
  • Official Brave server

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

  1. Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
  2. Merge the snippet below into it, filling in the environment variables with your own values.
  3. Restart the agent — the "Brave Search" tools will be available.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-brave-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Description

Brave's official Search MCP server. It provides privacy-respecting web search — web, image, video, and news results, along with rich results and AI-generated summaries — through the Brave Search API. A solid, independent search backend for agents.

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