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brave-search-mcp-server

Earlier Revision Publisher unverified Confidence: Good (0.85)

brave-search-mcp-server is an MCP server published by brave, verified on MCP revision 2025-11-25; support for the current revision (2026-07-28) is not yet confirmed. Last verified 2026-08-20.

Does brave-search-mcp-server support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Not yet confirmed. brave-search-mcp-server is verified on revision 2025-11-25; we have not confirmed support for the current revision (2026-07-28) as of 2026-08-20.

Is brave-search-mcp-server a first-party (official) MCP server?

Undetermined. We have not verified the publisher relationship for brave-search-mcp-server (as of 2026-08-20).

How do I connect to brave-search-mcp-server?

brave-search-mcp-server is available via the package npm:@brave/brave-search-mcp-server, the official MCP Registry under io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server, the source repository at https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server. Authentication: unknown. Transports: stdio.

Does brave-search-mcp-server support MCP revision 2025-11-25?

Yes. brave-search-mcp-server supports MCP revision 2025-11-25 (checked 2026-08-20).

Does brave-search-mcp-server support MCP revision 2026-07-28?

No. brave-search-mcp-server was checked against MCP revision 2026-07-28 and does not support it (checked 2026-08-20).

When were brave-search-mcp-server's facts last verified?

2026-08-20. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

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Which MCP spec revisions does brave-search-mcp-server support?

brave-search-mcp-server has 2 verified spec-support records. Each row lists the revision, the verified status, the evidence URL, and the date that fact was last checked.

Spec revision Status Last checked Evidence
MCP 2025-11-25 Supported Source
MCP 2026-07-28 Not supported Source

How widely adopted is brave-search-mcp-server?

Ranked #85 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 56.27 (snapshot , methodology v1).

Measurement Value Source
Official MCP Registry yes API ·
Docker MCP Catalog no API ·
npm downloads (weekly) 10,280 API ·

Repository and package signals for brave-search-mcp-server

Measured directly from the source registries, not asserted from a document. Each figure carries the date it was read; none of it affects the verified spec status above.

Repository as of

Created
Open issues
34
Primary language
TypeScript
License (repository)
MIT
Continuous integration
Present
Tests
None detected
Security policy
None

Package (npm) as of

Latest version
2.1.3
Last published
First published
Releases
92
License (package)
MIT
Maintainers
10
Direct dependencies
5
Unpacked size
165 KB
Registry signature
Signed
Build provenance
No attestation

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: sdk-protocol-constant · confidence 0.85 (Good).

  1. Official MCP Registry record for io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server at version 2.1.0 - lists package npm:@brave/brave-search-mcp-server and repository https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server - accessed
  2. Official MCP Registry record for io.github.brave/brave-search-mcp-server re-fetched 2026-08-20 - status active, version 2.1.0, registry updatedAt 2026-07-18; package coordinate and repository unchanged since the 2026-08-07 verification, so no frontmatter fact drifted - accessed
  3. npm registry metadata for @brave/brave-search-mcp-server at published version 2.1.0, retrieved 2026-08-20 - declares a dependency on @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, which resolves to @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.29.0 - accessed
  4. Published artifact of @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.29.0, retrieved 2026-08-20 - the artifact declares LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION 2025-11-25 and carries no 2026-07-28 implementation. Read from the artifact itself, not from release notes - accessed