brave/brave-search-mcp-server
An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing comprehensive search capabilities including web search, local business search, image search, video search, news search, and AI-powered summarization. This project supports both STDIO and HTTP transports, with STDIO as the default mode.
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To follow established MCP conventions, the server now defaults to STDIO. If you would like to continue using HTTP, you will need to set the BRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORT environment variable to http, or provide the runtime argument --transport http when launching the server.
brave_image_searchVersion 1.x of the MCP server would return base64-encoded image data along with image URLs. This dramatically slowed down the response, as well as consumed unnecessarily context in the session. Version 2.x removes the base64-encoded data, and returns a response object that more closely reflects the original Brave Search API response. The updated output schema is defined in `src/tools/images/schemas/output.ts`.
brave_web_search)Performs comprehensive web searches with rich result types and advanced filtering options.
Parameters:
query (string, required): Search terms (max 400 chars, 50 words)country (string, optional): Country code (default: "US")search_lang (string, optional): Search language (default: "en")ui_lang (string, optional): UI language (default: "en-US")count (number, optional): Results per page (1-20, default: 10)offset (number, optional): Pagination offset (max 9, default: 0)safesearch (string, optional): Content filtering ("off", "moderate", "strict", default: "moderate")Loading reviews...