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Brave Search for Grok

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:Grok transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:5

Install Brave Search in Grok

.mcp.json (in your project root)

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

Grok Build reads Claude Code's .mcp.json and Claude Desktop's config unchanged, so a server you have already set up there needs nothing new. The Grok web app and X integration do not take custom servers. Grok docs

What Grok can do once it is connected

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