brave

remote (hosted) MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http brave https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Needs an API key or token in the request headers. Get one from the vendor first.

Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…

brave is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http brave https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Run: codex mcp add brave --url https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp --bearer-token-env-var TOKEN

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