Overview

The Brave Search MCP Server integrates Brave's independent search index into AI assistants via the Model Context Protocol. Brave Search provides privacy-respecting web search without tracking users, making it ideal for AI applications where data privacy matters.

Official MCP Server:

Part of the official Model Context Protocol servers collection

Key Features

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Independent Search Index

Brave maintains its own search index, not reliant on Google or Bing

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Privacy-Focused

No user tracking, profiling, or personal data collection

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Web & Local Search

Global web search plus local business and place search

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Image & Video Search

Search for images and videos with content filtering options

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News Search

Access recent news articles with freshness filtering

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AI Summarization

Built-in AI-powered summarization of search results

Available Tools

Quick Reference

Tool	Purpose	Category
`brave_web_search`	General web search with Brave's index	Search
`brave_local_search`	Search for local businesses and places	Local
`brave_image_search`	Search for images	Media
`brave_video_search`	Search for videos	Media
`brave_news_search`	Search recent news articles	News

Detailed Usage

brave_web_search▶

Perform a general web search with configurable result count and content filtering.

{
  "query": "WebAssembly performance benchmarks 2025",
  "count": 10,
  "offset": 0
}

brave_local_search▶

Search for local businesses and places with location-specific results.

{
  "query": "vegan restaurants",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA",
  "count": 5
}

brave_image_search▶

Search for images with size, color, and license type filtering.

{
  "query": "solarpunk architecture concept art",
  "count": 10,
  "safesearch": "strict"
}

brave_news_search▶

Search for recent news articles with freshness filtering.

{
  "query": "AI regulation policy",
  "count": 10,
  "freshness": "pw"
}

Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@anthropic-ai/mcp-server-brave-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your_brave_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

API Key Required:

Get a free Brave Search API key from brave.com/search/api

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