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Install Brave Search MCP
Paste into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
]
}
}
}Run in your terminal
claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search Paste into .cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search"
]
}
}
} After adding the server, fully restart your MCP client. Replace <placeholders> (tokens, paths) with your own values.
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