MCP SERVER

Brave Search MCP Server

Search the web and retrieve image, video and related results through Brave Search.

Search & researchmcpweb search and extraction

About Brave Search MCP Server

Search the web and retrieve image, video and related results through Brave Search. The observed registry record includes npm distributions for MCP clients.

What you can do

Web search
Image search
Video search

How to connect

What is the endpoint and how does it run?

Runs locally from the npm package @brave/brave-search-mcp-server (version 2.1.3) over stdio.

Does it need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required.

How do I add Brave Search MCP Server to Claude Code, Cursor or Claude Desktop?

One command, any client (npm)

npx ruagentic add brave-search-mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other clients (JSON config)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Snippets are generated from the published package name; the server name brave-search is only a label you can change. Add the credentials the publisher documents.

Project website Documentation Source repository

Published packages

npm@brave/brave-search-mcp-server @ 2.1.3Transport: stdio

Questions and answers

What is Brave Search MCP Server?

Brave Search MCP Server is an MCP server in the Search & research category. Search the web and retrieve image, video and related results through Brave Search.

How do I connect to Brave Search MCP Server?

Runs locally from the npm package @brave/brave-search-mcp-server (version 2.1.3) over stdio. The listing page has ready-made snippets for Claude Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Does Brave Search MCP Server need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required.

What can Brave Search MCP Server do?

According to the published details: Web search; Image search; Video search.

Where is Brave Search MCP Server published?

Its homepage is https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server and its source repository is https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server. RUAGENTIC read these details from Official MCP Registry on September 8, 2026 and did not install or run the project.

Sources and checks

View the source

Registry name: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Published version: 2.1.3

Source information collected September 8, 2026.

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