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DimensionBrave Search MCP ServerComprehensive Brave Search capabilities through MCPChrome DevTools MCPThe Chrome team's official MCP server exposing Chrome DevTools capabilities to AI assistants
FMRS59 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance7 / 2017 / 20
Documentation15 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • AI agents that need Brave Search API data
  • Workflows requiring web, news, or multimedia search
  • Applications needing structured place and local-business information
  • Frontend developers who want AI-assisted web debugging and performance analysis
  • Scenarios that need browser automation and performance diagnostics in the same tool
Not for
  • Offline workflows that do not need an external search service
  • Environments unable to provide a Brave Search API key
  • Users needing full local-search capabilities without a Pro plan
  • Cases that only need to scrape page text without performance analysis or complex interaction (a lighter scraping tool is a better fit)
Required permissions
  • Requires a valid BRAVE_API_KEY, or a key file specified through BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE
  • Requires network access to the Brave Search API
  • In HTTP mode, host binding and port are controlled by configuration
  • Requires a local Chrome browser instance to run
  • navigate_page can visit any URL; type_text/fill_form and similar tools can enter arbitrary content into the page
Risks and side effects
  • The API key is a required secret and should not be exposed in logs or shared configurations
  • The HTTP endpoint is unauthenticated; use extra care when binding beyond loopback
  • Full local-search capabilities and some additional snippet features require a Pro plan
  • Search results and AI summaries depend on an external service and may require verification
  • Browser automation tools can access and manipulate the content of open pages — use only in a trusted development/test environment
  • performance_start_trace and similar tracing tools continuously record browser activity — avoid leaving them running on pages containing sensitive information
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, VS CodeClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Cline, Amp, Kiro, Antigravity
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