Search the web

Brave Search API

Web search API backed by Brave's own index that returns ranked results, news, images, or extracted page content for LLMs.

Addresses

REST API: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v12
MCP server: Local only (STDIO default, HTTP optional on port 8080); no hosted address found10
OpenAPI spec: Not published
Docs for agents: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/llms.txt11
Status page: Not published

Install

What	Command
MCP server (npx, HTTP)	`npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server --transport http`
MCP server (Docker)	`docker run -i --rm -e BRAVE_API_KEY docker.io/mcp/brave-search`
Agent skills for Claude Code	`/plugin marketplace add brave/brave-search-skills` then `/plugin install brave-search-skills@brave-search`

Source12Skills docs

Read from Brave Software’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/brave-search-api.md