Question 1

What is an MCP Server?

Accepted Answer

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server acts as a bridge, allowing AI models to access and interact with external data sources and tools in standardized way. UBOS Brave Search MCP server allows to connect to Brave Search API.

Question 2

What is UBOS?

Accepted Answer

UBOS is a Full-stack AI Agent Development Platform. Focused on bringing AI Agent to every business department. Our platform help you orchestrate AI Agents, connect them with your enterprise data, build custom AI Agents with your LLM model and Multi-Agent Systems.

Question 3

What is the Brave Search MCP server?

Accepted Answer

It's an implementation that integrates the Brave Search API with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), providing web and local search capabilities to AI agents.

Question 4

What are the main features of the Brave Search MCP server?

Accepted Answer

The server offers web search (general queries, news, articles with pagination), local search (businesses, restaurants), flexible filtering (result types, safety levels), and smart fallbacks (local search to web search).

Question 5

How do I get a Brave Search API key?

Accepted Answer

Sign up for a Brave Search API account at brave.com/search/api, choose a plan, and generate your key from the developer dashboard.

Question 6

How do I configure the Brave Search MCP server?

Accepted Answer

You can configure it using Docker, NPX, or VS Code, as detailed in the documentation. You'll need to provide your Brave Search API key.

Question 7

What is the purpose of local search?

Accepted Answer

It allows AI agents to find local businesses, restaurants, and services with detailed information such as addresses and phone numbers.

Question 8

What does the smart fallback feature do?

Accepted Answer

If a local search query returns no results, the server automatically falls back to web search to provide relevant information.

Question 9

What kind of filtering options are available?

Accepted Answer

You can control result types (web pages, images, videos), safety levels (filtering inappropriate content), and content freshness (prioritizing recent or historical information).

Question 10

What license is the Brave Search MCP server released under?

Accepted Answer

It's licensed under the MIT License, allowing free use, modification, and distribution subject to the license terms.

Question 11

Can I use this with Claude Desktop or VS Code?

Accepted Answer

Yes, configuration examples are provided for both Claude Desktop (via `claude_desktop_config.json`) and VS Code (via User Settings or `.vscode/mcp.json`).

Question 12

How do I install the Brave Search MCP server in VS Code?

Accepted Answer

Use the one-click installation buttons for NPX or Docker, or manually add the provided JSON block to your User Settings (JSON) file.

Question 13

What if I don't want to use the one-click install?

Accepted Answer

You can manually add the JSON configuration to your VS Code settings file (`settings.json`). You also have the option to set up a `.vscode/mcp.json` within your project directory to share your configuration with your team.

Question 14

How do I build the Docker image myself?

Accepted Answer

Run `docker build -t mcp/brave-search:latest -f src/brave-search/Dockerfile .` from the project directory.

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