Brave Search
Web search via the Brave Search API for up-to-date information retrieval.
How to connect
Same URL, five paste targets. Stdio / local only — Claude chat and ChatGPT need a public HTTPS endpoint. Ready surface · Local only. Not a safe-to-install badge.
Local stdio — laptop only. Not an org-wide connector.
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
]
}
}
}
Local stdio in .vscode/mcp.json. Laptop only.
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
]
}
}
}
This listing has no public HTTPS MCP URL. Claude and ChatGPT connectors cannot reach localhost / stdio. Use Cursor or Claude Code, or ask the vendor for a remote endpoint.
This listing has no public HTTPS MCP URL. Claude and ChatGPT connectors cannot reach localhost / stdio. Use Cursor or Claude Code, or ask the vendor for a remote endpoint.
This listing has no public HTTPS MCP URL. Claude and ChatGPT connectors cannot reach localhost / stdio. Use Cursor or Claude Code, or ask the vendor for a remote endpoint.
This listing has no public HTTPS MCP URL. Claude and ChatGPT connectors cannot reach localhost / stdio. Use Cursor or Claude Code, or ask the vendor for a remote endpoint.
CLI / stdio install from the listing. Restart the client after.
claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search
stdio MCP for ACP session/new. Agent must advertise session.mcp.stdio.
[
{
"type": "stdio",
"name": "brave-search",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
],
"env": []
}
]
Paste into a README or docs site. The widget loads snippets from Influzer — still not a SAFE badge.
<div data-influzer-install="brave-search"></div>
<script async src="https://www.influzer.ai/embed/install.js"></script>
https://www.influzer.ai/embed/mcp/brave-search.md
Recipes using this server
No published recipes yet for this server.
Listing quality
Observable facts from our catalog and daily probe — not a safe-to-install badge.
- Surface
- Ready surface
- Live handshake
- Local only
- Auth gate
- Auth unknown
- Tools source
- Catalog tools
Observable catalog + probe facts — not a safe-to-install badge. How we verify.
Verification summary
Stored signals only. Not a safety score.
- Verification grade
- D (35)
- Status
- Local only
- Auth
- Auth unknown
- Transport
- stdio, HTTPS
- Tools indexed
- 2
Tools
(2)-
brave_web_searchSearch the web via Brave
-
brave_local_searchSearch local businesses and places
Tool source: Catalog tools