MCP Server
Retrieval & Memory
Brave Search MCP
1Web 2and 3local 4search 5for 6agents.
the six Ws · specification
W1
Who
Reference server from the MCP project, using the Brave Search API.
W2
What
Runs web and local search queries and returns ranked results.
W3
Where
Runs locally as a small Node process.
W4
When
When an agent needs fresh results from the open web.
W5
Why
Grounds answers in current search results instead of stale training data.
W6
With
A Brave Search API key and any MCP client.
W7
Watch
Reference server using the Brave Search API. Wants a Brave API key; queries leave your machine to Brave. Read-only: nothing it can mutate on your systems.
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