DeepSearch MCP Server with Brave Search API and Puppeteer content extraction
Brave MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Brave directly instead of describing what you should do. DeepSearch MCP Server with Brave Search API and Puppeteer content extraction.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that combines Brave Search with Puppeteer-powered content extraction for deep research capabilities. This server allows AI assistants to perform comprehensive web searches by not only retrieving search results but also visiting the pages to extract full content and explore linked pages.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @suthio/brave-deep-research-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
You will need 2 environment variables: BRAVE_API_KEY, PUPPETEER_HEADLESS. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Among the browser automation options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. It is maintained by suthio; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-deep-research": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@suthio/brave-deep-research-mcp"],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"PUPPETEER_HEADLESS": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BRAVE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| PUPPETEER_HEADLESS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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