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Brave Search
Official Brave Search MCP server for web, local, image, video, news, and related search.
- Type
- MCP server
- Author
- Brave Software
- License
- MIT
- Status
- Official
- Listed
- 2026-11-07
- Package
- @brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Before you use it. Needs a Brave Search API key. The README's default transport is stdio; HTTP is opt-in. This replaced the archived Brave example that used to live in the reference servers repo.
MIT. LICENSE names Copyright (c) 2024 Anthropic, PBC and Copyright (c) 2025 Brave Software, Inc.
Documented install
Copied from the upstream README on 2026-11-07. If it disagrees with the repository, trust the repository.
npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server --transport stdioQuestions
What license covers Brave Search?
The catalog records this as MIT. MIT. LICENSE names Copyright (c) 2024 Anthropic, PBC and Copyright (c) 2025 Brave Software, Inc.
Is a raw file mirrored here?
No. The license file was missing, or this is a server rather than a single document we republish. Use the source repository.
What should I check first?
Needs a Brave Search API key. The README's default transport is stdio; HTTP is opt-in. This replaced the archived Brave example that used to live in the reference servers repo.
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