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Brave Search for Cursor

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:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:5

Install Brave Search in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

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

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

What Cursor can do once it is connected

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