Brave Search MCP Server

Brave MCP Server An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing both web and local search capabilities. About this MCP Server: To understand how to connect to and utilize this MCP server, please refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at mcp.apify.com. --- ### Features * Web Search: General queries, news, articles, with pagination and freshness controls * Local Search: Find businesses, restaurants, and services with detailed information * Flexible Filtering: Control result types, safety levels, and content freshness * Smart Fallbacks: Local search automatically falls back to web when no results are found ### Tools * brave_web_search * Execute web searches with pagination and filtering * Inputs: * query (string): Search terms * count (number, optional): Results per page (max 20) * offset (number, optional): Pagination offset (max 9) * brave_local_search * Search for local businesses and services * Inputs: * query (string): Local search terms * count (number, optional): Number of results (max 20) * Automatically falls back to web search if no local results found ### Configuration #### Getting an API Key * Sign up for a Brave Search API account * Choose a plan (Free tier available with 2,000 queries/month) * Generate your API key from the developer dashboard #### Usage with Claude Desktop Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json: Docker json { "mcpServers": { "brave-search": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "BRAVE_API_KEY", "mcp/brave-search" ], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" } } } } NPX json { "mcpServers": { "brave-search": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search" ], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" } } } } ### Usage with VS Code For quick installation, use the one-click installation buttons below... For manual installation, add the following JSON block to your User Settings (JSON) file in VS Code. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + P and typing Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON). Optionally, you can add it to a file called .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace. This will allow you to share the configuration with others. Note that the mcp key is not needed in the .vscode/mcp.json file. Docker json { "mcp": { "inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "brave_api_key", "description": "Brave Search API Key", "password": true } ], "servers": { "brave-search": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "BRAVE_API_KEY", "mcp/brave-search" ], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave_api_key}" } } } } } NPX json { "mcp": { "inputs": [ { "type": "promptString", "id": "brave_api_key", "description": "Brave Search API Key", "password": true } ], "servers": { "brave-search": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave_api_key}" } } } } } ### Build Docker build: bash docker build -t mcp/brave-search:latest -f src/brave-search/Dockerfile . ### License This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository. --- 🚩 Claim this MCP server. Contact info. All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/brave-search Write to ai@apify.com Original project URL: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/brave-search