Brave
Connects Claude to Brave's Search API with eight distinct tools covering web, local business, video, image, and news search, plus AI summarization and place lookup. You get granular control over parameters like safe search, language, freshness filters, and result types. The image search returns URLs rather than base64 data as of version 2.x, keeping responses fast and context window friendly. Supports both STDIO and HTTP transports, though it now defaults to STDIO following MCP conventions. Requires a free Brave Search API key. Reach for this when you need comprehensive search capabilities beyond basic web queries, especially if you're building location aware features or need structured data from news, videos, or points of interest.
- tools
- 8
- auth
- Secret needed
- transport
- HTTP
- last updated
- Oct 25, 2025
Tools
8 toolsPublic tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.
brave_web_searchPerforms comprehensive web searches with rich result types and advanced filtering options.
Performs comprehensive web searches with rich result types and advanced filtering options.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_local_searchSearches for local businesses and places with detailed information including ratings, hours, and AI-generated descriptions.
Searches for local businesses and places with detailed information including ratings, hours, and AI-generated descriptions.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_video_searchSearches for videos with comprehensive metadata and thumbnail information.
Searches for videos with comprehensive metadata and thumbnail information.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_image_searchSearches for images with metadata including URLs, dimensions, and confidence scores.
Searches for images with metadata including URLs, dimensions, and confidence scores.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_news_searchSearches for current news articles with freshness controls and breaking news indicators.
Searches for current news articles with freshness controls and breaking news indicators.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_summarizerGenerates AI-powered summaries from web search results using Brave's summarization API.
Generates AI-powered summaries from web search results using Brave's summarization API.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_place_searchSearches for points of interest (POIs) in a specified geographic area using Brave's Place Search API.
Searches for points of interest (POIs) in a specified geographic area using Brave's Place Search API.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
brave_llm_contextRetrieves pre-extracted web content optimized for AI agents, LLM grounding, and RAG pipelines.
Retrieves pre-extracted web content optimized for AI agents, LLM grounding, and RAG pipelines.
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
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Brave Search MCP Server
An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing comprehensive search capabilities including web search, local business search, place search, image search, video search, news search, LLM context, and AI-powered summarization. This project supports both STDIO and HTTP transports, with STDIO as the default mode.
Migration
1.x to 2.x
Default transport now STDIO
To follow established MCP conventions, the server now defaults to STDIO. If you would like to continue using HTTP, you will need to set the BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT environment variable to http, or provide the runtime argument --transport http when launching the server.
Response structure of brave_image_search
Details
- Repository
- github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
- Category
- Search & Web Crawling
- Transport
- HTTP
- Auth
- Required
- Registry
- MCP registry, active
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