Give Your AI Assistant Real-Time Search Without the Privacy Trade-offs

Stop working with AI assistants that are stuck in the past. The brave-search-mcp server plugs Brave Search directly into your MCP-compatible AI tools, giving them fresh web data while keeping your searches private.

The Real Problem with Current AI Search

Your AI assistant knows about React 18 but not React 19. It can discuss 2023 events but draws blanks on anything recent. Most search integrations force you through Google's API with all the tracking baggage that comes with it.

You need real-time search that doesn't compromise on privacy, and you need it integrated properly into your AI workflow - not as a separate step that breaks conversation flow.

What You Get

Five search tools in one server: Web search, image search, news search, video search, and local business search. All powered by Brave's independent search index.

Privacy by design: Brave doesn't track searches or build user profiles. Your AI assistant gets the data it needs without creating a surveillance trail.

Production-ready deployment: Docker support, NPX one-liner installation, or standard Node.js deployment. Configure once, forget about it.

Smart rate limiting: Built-in handling of Brave's API limits with proper error forwarding, so your assistant degrades gracefully when hitting quotas.

Perfect for These Workflows

Research assistance: Your AI can pull fresh academic papers, recent news on specific topics, or current market data without you having to switch contexts.

Content creation: Need recent examples for a blog post? Current pricing for competitor analysis? Your assistant fetches it directly instead of working from stale training data.

Technical troubleshooting: When debugging a new library version or recent framework changes, your AI can search for the latest Stack Overflow discussions and GitHub issues.

Local business queries: Building location-aware applications? The local POI search finds businesses, restaurants, and services with current hours and contact info.

Integration That Just Works

Drop this into your Claude Desktop config and you're done:

{
  "mcp-servers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "brave-search-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your AI assistant immediately gains access to current web information without you changing how you interact with it. Ask about recent events, current prices, or breaking news - it just works.

Free tier available: 2,000 queries per month at no cost. For most development and personal use, that's plenty to get started.

The setup takes five minutes. The productivity gains start immediately. Your AI assistant finally knows what happened after its training cutoff date.

Get your free Brave Search API key at brave.com/search/api and add real-time search to your AI toolkit.