Privacy-first web and local search via Brave Search API
About
The Brave Search MCP Server provides privacy-first web search and local business search through the Brave Search API. Your AI assistant can perform web queries, get search results with snippets, and look up local businesses without tracking.
Built as part of the official MCP reference servers, this server wraps the Brave Search API to deliver web search results and local points of interest. It supports both general web search and location-based local search.
Great for AI workflows that need up-to-date web information, research tasks, or local business lookups while respecting user privacy.
Security Report
Official reference server using the Brave Search API. No user data is stored. API key required for access.
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This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.
What You'll Need
Set these up before or after installing:
Environment variable: BRAVE_API_KEY
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Add this to your MCP configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "<your-api-key>"
}
}
}
}Getting Started
Once installed, try these example prompts and explore these capabilities:
- 1"Search the web for latest Next.js 15 features"
- 2"Find recent news about AI regulation"
- 3Tool: brave_web_search — Web search with fresh, real-time results
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Version History
Added support for streaming responses and improved error handling for rate-limited requests.
Major release: new tool registration API, breaking changes to configuration format. See migration guide.
Added OAuth 2.0 support and improved connection pooling.
Initial stable release.