Connects Claude to Brave's Search API with eight distinct tools covering web, local business, image, video, news, and place search, plus AI summarization and LLM context retrieval. You get proper filtering controls for freshness, safe search, language, and result types. The image search returns URLs rather than base64 blobs as of version 2.x, keeping context windows clean. The summarizer tool is a two step process: run a web search with the summary flag enabled, then pass the returned key to generate an AI summary with optional inline citations. Local and place search require Pro API plans for full functionality. Defaults to stdio transport now, but supports HTTP if you set the environment variable.
claude mcp add --transport stdio brave-brave-search-mcp-server uvx brave-search-mcp-server