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  "name": "io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
  "description": "The Brave Search MCP connects AI models to the Brave Search API for real-time web search. Get current results, news, and web content without scraping. One of the fastest ways to add live web knowledge to an AI agent.",
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  "version": "latest",
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    "name": "Brave"
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      "identifier": "@brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
      "version": "latest",
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
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      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "BRAVE_API_KEY",
          "description": "BRAVE_API_KEY — required credential for Brave Search.",
          "isRequired": true,
          "isSecret": true
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      {
        "name": "brave_web_search",
        "description": "Run a general web search.",
        "sideEffect": "network",
        "args": [
          {
            "name": "query",
            "type": "string",
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "count",
            "type": "number",
            "required": false
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "brave_local_search",
        "description": "Search for businesses and places near a location.",
        "sideEffect": "network",
        "args": [
          {
            "name": "query",
            "type": "string",
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "count",
            "type": "number",
            "required": false
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    ],
    "security": {
      "scope": "network",
      "sandbox": "Makes outbound HTTPS calls to the Brave Search API using the key in `BRAVE_API_KEY`. No local filesystem or system access.",
      "gotchas": [
        "The free API tier is rate-limited; the MCP surfaces rate-limit errors verbatim — check logs if queries fail silently."
      ]
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