An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing both web and local search capabilities.
brave-search is an MCP project maintained in the vinhphamai23/brave-search repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing both web and local search capabilities”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using docker. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares BRAVE_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| brave_web_search | Execute web searches with pagination and filtering |
| Inputs: | query (string): Local search terms |
| count | number, optional): Number of results (max 20) |
| offset | number, optional): Pagination offset (max 9) |
| brave_local_search | Search for local businesses and services |
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BRAVE_API_KEY",
"mcp/brave-search"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BRAVE_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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