Search web with AI summaries and rich results
brave-search-mcp-servermcp_serversetup L2★0
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