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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${smithery_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

[mcp_servers.brave]
url = "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "smithery_api_key"

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "brave": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "enabled": true,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {env:smithery_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${smithery_api_key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=brave&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vc2VydmVyLnNtaXRoZXJ5LmFpL2JyYXZlL21jcCIsImhlYWRlcnMiOnsiQXV0aG9yaXphdGlvbiI6IkJlYXJlciAke3NtaXRoZXJ5X2FwaV9rZXl9In19"
}

{
  "servers": {
    "brave": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${smithery_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brave": {
      "httpUrl": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${smithery_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

extensions:
  "brave":
    enabled: true
    name: "brave"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp"
    headers:
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${smithery_api_key}"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${smithery_api_key}. The registry never accepts secret values.

Quality 100 / 100good

protocoln/a · weight 25

n/a
protocol.modern, protocol.stateless, protocol.transport, protocol.list_ttlno remote answered a protocol handshake (not probed yet, unreachable, or local-only)

authorization100 · weight 15

pass
auth.prmProtected Resource Metadata (RFC 9728) published
pass
auth.as_metadataauthorization server metadata reachable
pass
auth.cimdClient ID Metadata Documents supported
n/a
auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL

tool hygienen/a · weight 30

n/a
tools.descriptions, tools.description_length, tools.schemas, tools.annotations, tools.directory_hints, tools.token_cost, tools.api_dumptool list unknown (behind auth, not probed, or empty)

stabilityn/a · weight 15

n/a
stability.changes, stability.rug_pulltool list unknown

dependenciesn/a · weight 15

n/a
deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

Tool list unknown · checked 2026-10-19 15:15 UTC

Tool changes

No tool definition changes recorded. A server's first observation is its baseline; later probes record what changes.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 57 / 100

provenance75

liveness19

freshness45

hygiene100

+repository +dns-namespace -unreachable(2 failures) -stale-359d

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remote	auth	reachable	uptime 30d	p50	protocol	last ok
`https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp` streamable-http	oauth2 AS: https://auth.smithery.ai/brave	no (2 failures)	96%	206 ms	–	2026-10-18

Tools (0)

No tools observed. Tools appear once a credential-free probe can list them.

Schemas: list_tools.

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1 other active names share this repository: io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server

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Official server.json

{
  "name": "ai.smithery/brave",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-10-17/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "value": "Bearer {smithery_api_key}",
          "isSecret": true,
          "isRequired": true,
          "description": "Bearer token for Smithery authentication"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": "2.0.58",
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
    "source": "github"
  },
  "description": "Visit https://brave.com/search/api/ for a free API key. Search the web, local businesses, images,…"
}