Brave

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Use cases: web-search

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• brave_image_search

  Performs an image search using the Brave Search API. Helpful for when you need pictures of people, places, things, graphic design ideas, art inspiration, and more. When relaying results in a markdown environment, it may be helpful to include images in the results (e.g., ).

• brave_llm_context

  Retrieves pre-extracted, relevance-ranked web content using Brave's LLM Context API, optimized for AI agents, LLM grounding, and RAG pipelines. Unlike a traditional web search that returns links and short descriptions, this tool returns the actual substance of matching pages — text chunks, tables, code blocks, and structured data — so the model can reason over it directly. When to use: - Grounding answers in fresh, relevant web content (RAG) - Giving an AI agent ready-to-use page content from a single search call - Question answering and fact-checking against curre…

• brave_local_search

  Brave Local Search API provides enrichments for location search results. Access to this API is available only through the Brave Search API Pro plans; confirm the user's plan before using this tool (if the user does not have a Pro plan, use the brave_web_search tool). Searches for local businesses and places using Brave's Local Search API. Best for queries related to physical locations, businesses, restaurants, services, etc. Returns detailed information including: - Business names and addresses - Ratings and review counts - Phone numbers and opening hours …

• brave_news_search

  This tool searches for news articles using Brave's News Search API based on the user's query. Use it when you need current news information, breaking news updates, or articles about specific topics, events, or entities. When to use: - Finding recent news articles on specific topics - Getting breaking news updates - Researching current events or trending stories - Gathering news sources and headlines for analysis Returns a JSON list of news-related results with title, url, and description. Some results may contain snippets of text from the article. …

• brave_place_search

  Searches Brave's Place Search API. A single call may populate any combination of 'results' (POIs), 'cities', 'addresses', 'streets', and 'location' (the resolved search area), depending on the query's shape. When to use: - POIs near coordinates or a named area (e.g. "coffee shops in Paris") -> 'results', each with structured business data (postal address, hours, contact, ratings, photos, categories, timezone). - Browsing general POIs (omit 'query'; supply 'latitude'+'longitude' or 'location'). - Disambiguating a bare city name (e.g. "springfield") -> 'cities'. …

• brave_summarizer

  Retrieves AI-generated summaries of web search results using Brave's Summarizer API. This tool processes search results to create concise, coherent summaries of information gathered from multiple sources. When to use: - When you need a concise overview of complex topics from multiple sources - For quick fact-checking or getting key points without reading full articles - When providing users with summarized information that synthesizes various perspectives - For research tasks requiring distilled information from web searches Returns a text summary that consolidates i…

• brave_video_search

  Searches for videos using Brave's Video Search API and returns structured video results with metadata. When to use: - When you need to find videos related to a specific topic, keyword, or query. - Useful for discovering video content, getting video metadata, or finding videos from specific creators/publishers. Returns a JSON list of video-related results with title, url, description, duration, and thumbnail_url.

• brave_web_search

  Performs web searches using the Brave Search API and returns comprehensive search results with rich metadata. When to use: - General web searches for information, facts, or current topics - Location-based queries (restaurants, businesses, points of interest) - News searches for recent events or breaking stories - Finding videos, discussions, or FAQ content - Research requiring diverse result types (web pages, images, reviews, etc.) Returns a JSON list of web results with title, description, and URL. When the "results_filter" parameter …

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Registry name

ai.smithery/brave

Version

2.0.58

Auth

Bearer token

License

MIT

Repository

github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server

First seen

Oct 24, 2026

Last checked

Oct 24, 2026

Source

Official MCP Registrygithub-graphql