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Brave Search for Claude Desktop

com.brave/brave-search

Web, local, news, image and video search through the Brave Search API. Needs an API key from the Brave developer portal.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:5

Install Brave Search in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

What Claude Desktop can do once it is connected

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