Brave Search MCP Server: Setup for Claude Code, Cursor and Other Apps

• Searches the web

  Runs a web search with rich result types and filters.

  Try: “Search the web for the best open-source note apps.”

  Network · brave_web_search

• Searches recent news

  Searches news articles.

  Try: “What is the latest news on EU chip rules?”

  Network · brave_news_search

• Searches images

  Searches for images.

  Try: “Find images of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset.”

  Network · brave_image_search

• Searches videos

  Searches for videos.

  Try: “Find tutorial videos on SQL joins.”

  Network · brave_video_search

• Finds nearby businesses

  Finds local businesses with ratings, hours and descriptions. Full results need the Pro plan; otherwise it falls back to web search.

  Try: “Find coffee shops near the Mission in San Francisco.”

  Network · brave_local_search

• Finds places in an area

  Searches for points of interest around a location or coordinates, with address, hours, contact info and ratings.

  Try: “Find museums within 2 km of these coordinates.”

  Network · brave_place_search

• Summarizes search results

  Writes an AI summary from a web search that was run with the summary option on.

  Try: “Summarize what the web says about solid-state batteries.”

  Network · brave_summarizer

• Gets page content ready for AI

  Returns pre-extracted web content prepared for AI agents and grounding.

  Try: “Get grounded context on the latest Python release.”

  Network · brave_llm_context

Watch out for

• Your searches go to Brave

  Queries are sent to the Brave Search API with your key. Keep private details out of prompts.

• Local search needs a Pro plan for full results

  The README says local search falls back to web search without the Pro plan.

• You can turn tools off

  The README documents a setting that lists the tools to enable or disable, so you can load only the ones you use.

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