MCP ServerVerified~220ms avg
Brave Search MCP Server
Web search via Brave's API - find docs, examples, and solutions.
Install
claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search
About
Add web search capabilities to Claude Code through Brave's search API. Look up documentation, find code examples, research error messages, and discover solutions - all from within your terminal session. Requires a Brave Search API key.
Tags
searchwebbraveresearch
Score Breakdown
CLI Score Breakdown8/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✗CLI tool available0
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✓Docs have curl/CLI examples+1
✗Reasonable rate limits for scripted use0
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads14k
GitHub stars83k
Days since last release17d
Issue close ratio72%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualitygood
Breaking changesrare
Performance
Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-27
p50
180ms
avg
220ms
p95
520ms
Scores
CLI
8
Quality
7
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