Same category · Web / Search
Parallel Search MCP
Search the web and fetch pages through Parallel’s hosted MCP server, with a keyless connection documented for coding agents.
MCPOfficial publisherMCPNewly listed 2026-10-14
Brave Search MCP (Brave)
by brave · brave/brave-search-mcp-server
Use Brave’s maintained server for web, news, image, video, local-place, and LLM-context searches.
Install from the author’s instructions
Before connecting
- Create a Brave Search API key with the access needed for your selected search tools.
- Use a Node.js environment where npx is available.
MCP client · documented stdio transport
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@brave/brave-search-mcp-server",
"--transport",
"stdio"
],
"env": {
"BRAVE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.
BRAVE_API_KEY is required unless a BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE is supplied. The README documents stdio as the default and HTTP as an alternative transport.
Configuration note: Uses the README’s npx configuration with its explicitly documented --transport stdio option. Its HTTP example is not suitable as a stdio client launch.
Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.
Tools and capabilities
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| brave_web_search | Search the web with Brave Search. |
| brave_news_search | Find news results. |
| brave_image_search | Search for images. |
| brave_llm_context | Retrieve search context designed for language models. |
Sources: Author README · Checked 2026-10-14.
Workflow examples
Suggested prompts for your own client. These are examples, not recorded tool executions.
Prompt 1
Find primary-source documentation for my question and return the result URLs.Prompt 2
Search recent news about my chosen topic, keeping source URLs and publication information attached.Sources and verification
Official documentation and repository metadata reviewed; no third-party software installed and no MCP or hosted service executed.
Recent activity refers to the repository push timestamp. It does not establish the product’s original release date. Stars are a dated snapshot of the entire repository.
- GitHub repository metadataVerified 2026-10-14
- Author READMEVerified 2026-10-14