MCP Server

MCP Brave Search Server

by Anthropic

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Description

Official MCP server integrating Brave Search API. Gives Claude the ability to perform real-time web searches and local business searches without tracking. Free tier available with 2,000 queries/month.

Install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"],
      "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_KEY>" }
    }
  }
}

Quality Score

D

Below Average

51/100

Standard Compliance30
Documentation Quality60
Usefulness50
Maintenance Signal20
Community Signal100
Scored 2d ago

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Works With

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