The Plug

Brave Search App

Web, image, video, and news search with interactive results UI

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Mike Chao

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An MCP Server with Brave Search API integration featuring interactive UI results. Search the web, images, videos, and news with rich visual presentation. Supports pagination, freshness filters, and local business search.

Installation

Add the following configuration to your MCP client settings file to install this app.

{
  "claude": {
    "mcpServers": {
      "brave-search": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "@mikechao/brave-search-mcp"
        ],
        "env": {
          "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-key"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Install Instructions

Copy the JSON config below and paste it into your MCP client settings file.

For Claude Desktop:

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mikechao/brave-search-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Get this App

Copy the config and paste it into your MCP client settings.

{
  "claude": {
    "mcpServers": {
      "brave-search": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "@mikechao/brave-search-mcp"
        ],
        "env": {
          "BRAVE_API_KEY": "your-key"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Stats

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4.1(3)
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89
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620
GitHub
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Works With

🟠 Claude🔵 VS Code

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