Brave Search
Privacy-respecting web search powered by the Brave Search API.
Install
Add this command to your MCP client config to connect Brave Search.
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-searchAbout Brave Search
The Brave Search server exposes web and local search through the Brave Search API. It is the simplest way to give your assistant general web search without going through Google.
Auth is a single API key from Brave's dashboard. The free tier is generous enough for personal use; paid tiers scale up for production.
If you also want page-content extraction, pair this with the fetch server: search returns URLs, fetch reads them.
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