brave
ai.smithery/brave · v2.0.58
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Install brave
Ready-to-paste config for every major MCP client
claude mcp add --transport http brave https://ai.smithery/mcp
Why Frontier?
500+ GitHub stars · battle-tested, widely adopted, safe default.
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What is brave?
brave is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server in the Search category. Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…
How is brave rated?
BenchGecko rates brave Frontier on the Gecko Rating ladder (71/100). 500+ GitHub stars · battle-tested, widely adopted, safe default. The underlying GitHub repository has 892 stars.
How do I install brave?
brave supports Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code. Each client needs a different config format · BenchGecko shows ready-to-paste snippets for all four above. Stdio servers run locally via npx; streamable-http and SSE servers connect over the network.
Does brave support streaming?
brave uses the Streamable HTTP transport. Streamable HTTP is the newer MCP spec for long-lived network connections.
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