integrations/brave-search-mcp
Brave Search MCP mcp
Web, news, image, video and local search from Brave's own index, plus page content extracted for an agent to ground on.
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Upstream
| Project | brave/brave-search-mcp-server |
|---|---|
| Pinned at | 2.1.4 |
| Verified on | 2026-09-25 |
What it can reach
Sends the agent's search queries, and any location it passes, to the Brave Search API, billed to the key; it only reads search results and changes nothing.
It needs BRAVE_API_KEY. Create it at the upstream with the narrowest scope that works and put it in your environment — an agent never enters a secret for you.
Install
Claude Code
claude mcp add-json brave-search '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.4"],"env":{"BRAVE_API_KEY":"${BRAVE_API_KEY}"}}'Codex CLI
codex mcp add brave-search --env "BRAVE_API_KEY=${BRAVE_API_KEY}" -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.4Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add brave-search -e 'BRAVE_API_KEY=${BRAVE_API_KEY}' npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server@2.1.4Only agents whose command syntax has been verified are listed. A missing agent is one nobody has confirmed, not one that does not work.