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mikechao/brave-search-mcp
An MCP Server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing, Web Search, Local Points of Interest Search, Image Search, Video Search, News Search and LLM Context S
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About mikechao/brave-search-mcp
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
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
Notes
118 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-28. Licensed GPL-3.0.
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
Key facts
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How to use
How to set it up
As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.
Install
BRAVE_API_KEY="your_key_here" npx -y brave-search-mcpTools exposed
freshnessbrave_web_searchbrave_image_searchbrave_news_search
Clients the listing names (not checked here)
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Continue, ChatGPT
Install
Add mikechao/brave-search-mcp to your client
No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.
Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.
Works with
What mikechao/brave-search-mcp connects to
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Health and security
Is mikechao/brave-search-mcp looked after, and what do its setup files show
Security check static checks
100 out of 100
- Note Asks for BRAVE_API_KEY through environment variables.
- Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.
Tool permissions (1)
BRAVE_API_KEY, environment variable it asks for (a secret)
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