brave-search MCP server

Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.

Design, images and media ★ 1,485 GitHub starsv2.1.3Updated Aug 20, 2026

Install

npm (stdio)npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server

JSON for apps that use an mcpServers block (Claude Desktop, Cursor and others):

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

From the server's registry entry. Many servers also need an API key or other settings: check the repository's README before you run it.

About this server

Registry name	`io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server`
Repository	github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Packages	npm `@brave/brave-search-mcp-server`
In the registry since	Aug 20, 2026
GitHub stars	1,485 (shared by 2 servers in this repository)

Listed from the official MCP Registry. We have not reviewed or tested this server; a local server runs code on your machine, so read the repository first.