Brave Search MCP Server

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Brave Search MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 34 601 installs a week from npm. Last commit 26 Oct 2026.

Brave Search MCP Server: web results, images, videos, rich results, AI summaries, and more.

Installs per day peak 7 083 · avg 3 326 · +180% w/w

a month agotoday

34 601

Installs / week

npm · @brave/brave-search-mcp-server

1 552

Stars

25 open issues

26 Oct 2026

Last commit

2 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Brave Search MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add brave-search-mcp-server -e 'BRAVE_API_KEY=<BRAVE_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.brave-search-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"]
env = { BRAVE_API_KEY = "<BRAVE_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "brave-search-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <BRAVE_API_KEY> (Your API key for the service). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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Brave Search MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Brave Search MCP Server?

Brave Search MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @brave/brave-search-mcp-server was installed 34 601 times last week.

How do I connect Brave Search MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @brave/brave-search-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Brave Search MCP Server?

The npm package @brave/brave-search-mcp-server was installed 34 601 times in the last week. Week over week that is +180%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Brave Search MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 1 552 stars on GitHub and 25 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.