Brave Search MCP: Documentation
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Connection
Repo: github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server (~1.2k★). Install: npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server (stdio, or --transport http). Auth: BRAVE_API_KEY from api-dashboard.search.brave.com (signup includes $5 of free monthly credits).
Tools
brave_web_search — general web search, brave_local_search — nearby places and businesses by coordinates, brave_news_search — recent news search, brave_summarizer — a short summary of a found page's content, no manual parsing needed.
Agent flow
"Find places near this point and sort by rating", "find recent news on this topic and summarize it", "search for images/videos on this query".
Pricing
$5 of free credits per month. Beyond that, standard Brave Search API rates (Data for Search from $3 per 1,000 requests, with separate plans for AI applications).
Note
An official Brave product, an independent search index. Once free credits run out, requests start being billed — worth setting up usage alerts.