Brave Web & Local Search MCP Server MCP Configuration

Real-time privacy-preserving web search, technical documentation discovery, news retrieval, and local business lookup via the Brave Search API.

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Transport: stdio · 180ms web index retrieval
Brave Web & Local Search MCP Server @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search
Install.sh 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "BSA_live_your_brave_search_subscription_token"
      }
    }
  }
}
Ready 5-client compiler ready · brave-search

Environment Variables for Brave Web & Local Search MCP Server

Variable Key Requirement Example Format Guidance
BRAVE_API_KEY Required BSA_live_your_brave_search_subscription_token Brave Search API subscription token from api.search.brave.com.

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