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Brave Search MCP Server for Codex

An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing comprehensive search capabilities including web search, local business...

Docs reviewedChecked 2026-09-20Runtime not tested

What it adds

An MCP server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing comprehensive search capabilities including web search, local business search, place search, image search, video search, news search, LLM context, and AI-powered summarization. This project supports both STDIO and HTTP transports, with STDIO as the default mode.

web search and scraping

Get set up

  1. Run the install command below to register the server with Codex.
  2. Restart Codex or start a new thread so the tools load.
npx -y @brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Review before running
Read the installation source

Before you install

  • BRAVE_API_KEY

Compatibility & limitations

Documented for ChatGPT desktop app, Codex CLI, Codex IDE extension

Cursor: Not confirmed for Cursor.

    This listing is based on source documentation. We have not installed or runtime-tested this asset.

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    Sources & provenance

    Reviewed 2026-09-20. Source revision: main (mutable; commit not pinned).