mikechao/brave-search-mcp

Overview

An MCP server that wraps the Brave Search API, offering web, local, image, video, news, and LLM context searches. It uses the Model Context Protocol to enable LLMs to query Brave Search through a standardized interface.

Best for

Best for
Developers building LLM agents that need real-time web search capabilities

Use cases

• Integrate web search into LLM agent workflows
• Retrieve local points of interest for location-aware AI assistants
• Add image, video, and news search to conversational applications

How to use

Install

BRAVE_API_KEY="your_key_here" npx -y brave-search-mcp

Tools exposed

• freshness
• brave_web_search
• brave_image_search
• brave_news_search

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Continue, ChatGPT

Notes

An MCP server that wraps the Brave Search API, offering web, local, image, video, news, and LLM context searches. It uses the Model Context Protocol to enable LLMs to query Brave Search through a standardized interface.

118 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-28. Licensed GPL-3.0.

Use cases

• Integrate web search into LLM agent workflows
• Retrieve local points of interest for location-aware AI assistants
• Add image, video, and news search to conversational applications

Pros

• Supports six search types from a single integration point
• Standard MCP protocol allows compatibility with multiple LLM platforms
• Active open-source project with 118 stars

Cons

• Requires a Brave Search API key (may have usage limits)
• MCP protocol adoption is still emerging, limiting ready-made client support
• Repository is community-maintained, not officially supported by Brave

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