Brave Search is a Search MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP-compatible AI agent web search via Brave Search API. Install in 1 minute with mcpizy install brave-search.
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The Brave Search MCP server is an Search Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI agents web search via Brave Search API. It exposes Brave Search's capabilities as tools the AI can call directly from your editor or CLI.
The fastest way is the MCPizy CLI: run `mcpizy install brave-search` and MCPizy will add the server to your `.claude.json` automatically. You can also install it manually by adding an entry under `mcpServers` in `.claude.json` with the command `npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search` and restarting Claude Code.
Yes. The Brave Search MCP server is free and open source (see the GitHub repository linked on this page). You may still need a Brave Search account or API key to connect the server to the underlying service, but the MCP layer itself has no MCPizy subscription cost.
Yes. Any MCP-compatible client works — including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor (via `.cursor/mcp.json`), Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and custom agents built on the MCP SDK. The same install command targets all of them; only the config file path differs.
Once installed, your AI agent can web search via Brave Search API directly inside your conversation. Typical use cases include asking Claude Code or Cursor to run Brave Search operations, inspect results, chain Brave Search with other MCP servers (see our Workflow Recipes), and automate repetitive search tasks without leaving your editor.