kwp-lab/mcp-brave-search

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The Brave Search MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server that utilizes the Brave Search API for conducting web and local searches, with optional HTTP proxy configuration.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

brave_web_search

Execute web searches with pagination and filtering.

brave_local_search

Search for local businesses and services, with automatic fallback to web search.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

kwp-lab

Claim Ownership

Verify you have write access to the repository

Version

v0.7.3

Repository

https://github.com/kwp-lab/mcp-brave-search

GitHub Stars

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2025-05-11

Last update date

2025-10-04

Server configs

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "BRAVE_API_KEY",
        "mcp/brave-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_PROXY": "https://example.com:10890" // Optional, remove if not needed
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kwp-lab/mcp-brave-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_PROXY": "https://example.com:10890" // Optional, remove if not needed
      }
    }
  }
}

in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "brave_api_key",
        "description": "Brave Search API Key",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "brave-search": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "-i",
          "--rm",
          "-e",
          "BRAVE_API_KEY",
          "mcp/brave-search"
        ],
        "env": {
          "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave_api_key}",
          "BRAVE_SEARCH_PROXY": "https://example.com:10890" // Optional, remove if not needed
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in vs code

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "brave_api_key",
        "description": "Brave Search API Key",
        "password": true
      }
    ],
    "servers": {
      "brave-search": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@kwp-lab/mcp-brave-search"],
        "env": {
          "BRAVE_API_KEY": "${input:brave_api_key}",
          "BRAVE_SEARCH_PROXY": "https://example.com:10890" // Optional, remove if not needed
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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