Merge pull request #15 from modelcontextprotocol/bravesearch-server

Brave search server

Author: maheshmurag

package-lock.json

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "@modelcontextprotocol/server-postgres": "*",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer": "*",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/server-slack": "*",
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search": "*",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory": "*"
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# 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
+"mcp-server-brave-search": {
+  "command": "mcp-server-brave-search",
+  "env": {
+    "BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
+  }
+}
+```