# Brave Search MCP Server

> Official MCP server for the Brave Search API: web, local, image, video and news search plus LLM context and summarization (stdio or HTTP).

- id: `brave-search-mcp-server`
- category: MCP Servers (`mcp-servers`)
- url: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
- repo: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
- status: active
- license: MIT
- tags: mcp, web-search, brave
- auth: api-key
- access notes: Requires a Brave Search API key.
- related: Brave Search API (https://indexagentica.com/entries/brave-search-api/); MCP Reference Servers (https://indexagentica.com/entries/mcp-reference-servers/)
- sources: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server , https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers
- added: 2026-10-02
- updated: 2026-10-02
- last verified: 2026-10-02
- featured in: Web search APIs for agents (https://indexagentica.com/compare/web-search-apis/)
- maintainer: Brave
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/brave-search-mcp-server/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/brave-search-mcp-server.json

Replaces the archived Brave Search server from the MCP reference repo. Published on npm as `@brave/brave-search-mcp-server`; defaults to STDIO since v2.