Brave Search
Web and local search via the Brave Search API.
Brave Search
Web and local search via the Brave Search API. With Lunar.dev MCPX, the MCP Gateway for secure and governed tool access, you connect the Brave Search MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client through one gateway that routes, authenticates, and governs every Brave Search tool call against your policies.
Why MCPX
MCPX is Lunar.dev's MCP Gateway. It sits between your AI agents and your MCP servers as a single gateway for every tool call, routing, authenticating, and governing traffic against your policies. Connect Brave Search once and govern it everywhere: role-based access per agent with on-behalf-of attribution, real-time visibility, and an immutable audit trail of who did what, all deployable inside your own VPC.
Tools content
- brave_web_search · Read-only
Performs web searches using the Brave Search API and returns results with rich metadata. - brave_local_search · Read-only
Searches for local businesses and places using Brave's Local Search API. - brave_video_search · Read-only
Searches for videos using Brave's Video Search API. - brave_image_search · Read-only
Performs an image search using the Brave Search API. - brave_news_search · Read-only
Searches for news articles using Brave's News Search API. - brave_summarizer · Read-only
Retrieves AI-generated summaries of web search results using Brave's Summarizer API. - brave_llm_context · Read-only
Retrieves relevance-ranked web content optimized for LLM grounding and RAG. - brave_place_search · Read-only
Searches Brave's Place Search API for POIs, cities, addresses, and streets.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Brave Search MCP server?
Web and local search via the Brave Search API. Through Lunar.dev MCPX, Brave Search connects to any MCP-compatible AI client behind a single governed gateway.
How do I connect Brave Search to MCPX?
Add the Brave Search server in the MCPX control plane or your app.yaml, then point your AI client at your MCPX gateway. MCPX handles API Key and routes every Brave Search call through the gateway.
Is the Brave Search MCP server official?
Brave Search is a community-maintained MCP server. MCPX lets you risk-assess and sandbox it before rolling it out to your teams.
What authentication does Brave Search use with MCPX?
Brave Search uses API Key. MCPX enforces authentication at the gateway with token-based auth, OAuth, and role-based profiles, so you control which agents can invoke it.
How many tools does Brave Search expose in MCPX?
Brave Search exposes 2 tools. In MCPX you can enable or disable each tool per agent for least-privilege access.
