brave-search

Provides access to Brave Search API for web searches and queries. Runs locally as a stdio subprocess. Requires BRAVE_API_KEY.

api-development

Add to Your Project

Copy this JSON into your .mcp.json to enable this server

Add to your .mcp.json:

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

Replace placeholder values for: BRAVE_API_KEY

Security Considerations

Review these signals before enabling this server

Requires secrets

This MCP server needs API keys or credentials. Configure them in your environment before use.

External connections

This server connects to external services. Review the URLs it accesses before enabling.

Details

Server configuration and connection parameters

Commandnpx

Access Levelwrite

Arguments

Command-line arguments passed to the server process

-y@brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Environment Variables

Environment variables set when the server starts

BRAVE_API_KEY=${BRAVE_API_KEY}

Required Secrets

Sensitive values you must provide — never committed to source control

BRAVE_API_KEY

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MaintenanceExcellent

Last CommitMay 29, 2026

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