# Brave Search MCP Server

An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing both web and local search capabilities.

## Features

- **Web Search**: General queries, news, articles, with pagination and freshness controls
- **Local Search**: Find businesses, restaurants, and services with detailed information
- **Flexible Filtering**: Control result types, safety levels, and content freshness
- **Smart Fallbacks**: Local search automatically falls back to web when no results are found

## Tools

- **brave_web_search**
  - Execute web searches with pagination and filtering
  - Inputs:
    - `query` (string): Search terms
    - `count` (number, optional): Results per page (max 20)
    - `offset` (number, optional): Pagination offset (max 9)

- **brave_local_search**
  - Search for local businesses and services
  - Inputs:
    - `query` (string): Local search terms
    - `count` (number, optional): Number of results (max 20)
  - Automatically falls back to web search if no local results found


## Configuration

### Getting an API Key
1. Sign up for a [Brave Search API account](https://brave.com/search/api/)
2. Choose a plan (Free tier available with 2,000 queries/month)
3. Generate your API key [from the developer dashboard](https://api.search.brave.com/app/keys)

### Usage with Claude Desktop
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "brave-search": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"],
    "env": {
      "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    }
  }
}
```