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Search web with AI summaries and rich results

brave-search-mcp-servermcp_serversetup L20
brave/brave-search-mcp-server
What it does

Web/local/image/video search with AI summaries and rich result types

Best for

Search-heavy workflows needing rich result types (images, videos, local, news) with AI summaries.

Inputs
  • · search query
  • · optional: country filter
  • · optional: result type (web/news/images/videos/local)
Outputs
  • · web results with URLs, titles, descriptions
  • · image/video metadata and thumbnails
  • · local business results (maps)
  • · AI summary of top results
Requires
  • · Brave Search API key from https://api.search.brave.com
Preconditions
  • · Brave Search API account
  • · Network access to api.search.brave.com
Failure modes
  • · Rate limits on query volume
  • · Local search unavailable outside supported regions
  • · API breaking changes between major versions
Trust signals
  • · Brave official MCP server
  • · Migration guide for v1 to v2
  • · HTTP transport (STDIO as default)
  • · Multi-transport support