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### Server Architecture & Capability Summary **Brave Search API Web & Local Discovery MCP Server** (`brave-search-mcp`) is a verified **STDIO** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server curated with **@swyx** for Grok Bot, Claude Code, and Cursor. Privacy-first real-time web search, technical documentation lookup, news aggregation, and local business discovery via the official Brave Search API MCP server. ### 1-Click CLI Installation Run the command below to register `brave-search-mcp` in Claude Code or your MCP client: ```bash claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search ``` ### Standard `mcpServers` JSON Configuration (`.cursor/mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`) ```json { "mcpServers": { "brave-search-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search" ], "env": { "BRAVE_API_KEY": "BSA_your_brave_search_api_key" } } } } ``` ### Exposed MCP Tools - `brave_web_search` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `brave-search-mcp`. - `brave_local_search` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `brave-search-mcp`. - `brave_news_search` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `brave-search-mcp`. ### Authentication & Environment Variables - **Transport Protocol:** `stdio` - **Auth Mechanism:** `api_key` - `BRAVE_API_KEY`: `BSA_your_brave_search_api_key` - **Documentation / Source:** [https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers)

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