Brave Search MCP
radarOfficial-ish MCP wrapper around Brave Search API for agents that need web results without a browser.
Visit github.com →> **Brave Search MCP** — radar > Verified 2026-08-26 > Limitation: Radar: API quota and current package name not re-verified beyond the servers repo. > > https://noemium.com/tools/brave-search-mcp/Add to kitOpen in NoemiumFact-check this radar listing for Brave Search MCP (mcp). Noemium has not issued a verdict. Evidence tier: radar. Limitations: - Radar: API quota and current package name not re-verified beyond the servers repo. - Search quality ≠ Tavily-style LLM-ready snippets. Receipts: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers https://brave.com/search/api/ Last verified: 2026-08-26 Confirm the project still exists, the URL is canonical, and the limitations are still true. Do not invent a ship/skip stamp.
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Official-ish MCP wrapper around Brave Search API for agents that need web results without a browser.
Radar · no verdict. Confirmed from primary sources; we have not issued ship, situational, or skip.
Price trailchangelog →
No price move in this repo yet.
Known limitations
- Radar: API quota and current package name not re-verified beyond the servers repo.
- Search quality ≠ Tavily-style LLM-ready snippets.
Facts
- pricing
- freemium1
- price note
- Server free; Brave Search API has a free tier then paid
- free tier
- yes
- open source
- yes
- api
- yes
- self-host
- yes
- category
- mcp
- evidence
- radar
Sources
No source, no number.
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