# brave/brave-search-mcp-server

Repository: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/brave-search-mcp-server
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:56:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 31
- inputs: {"age_days": 447, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 100}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1403, forks 199 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.769108+00:00)

## What it is
An MCP server that exposes the Brave Search API to AI clients, offering web, local, image, video, and news search plus AI summarization over STDIO or HTTP transports. It lets LLM applications retrieve fresh web context through standardized MCP tools.

## Use cases
- give my llm app web search via mcp
- search the web from claude or another mcp client
- add brave search tools to an ai agent
- fetch local business and news results for an assistant
- provide fresh web context for rag pipelines

## When to choose
- you use an MCP-compatible client and want Brave Search results
- you need multiple search verticals (web, images, news, local) in one server
- you want both STDIO and HTTP transport options

## When to avoid
- you don't have a Brave Search API subscription (some features need Pro)
- you need a search engine other than Brave
- you don't use MCP-compatible tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, mcp, api-framework, rag
- domain: artificial-intelligence, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: brave-search-api, mcp-server, web-search, llm-tools, typescript, search, ai-agents, nodejs

## Member repositories
- brave/brave-search-mcp-server (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.769108+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:54.218663+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.769108+00:00, sha 46804dac244a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.