SearchBeginner Official

Brave Search

by Anthropic

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Web and local search powered by Brave Search API. Supports both general web searches and local business/place searches with pagination and filtering.

CAPABILITIES

Web search with result summaries
Local business and place search
Pagination support
Content filtering options

INSTALLATION

Terminal

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search

CLAUDE DESKTOP CONFIG

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "npx", "-y",
        ""@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

QUICK FACTS

Category: Search
Difficulty: Beginner
Maintained By: Anthropic
NPM Package: @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search

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