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Brave Search

Give your AI agent real-time access to the web

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Brave Search tools let your AI agent search the web, find images, videos, news, and local businesses — all from within your AI chat. Powered by Brave's independent search index, results are accurate, up-to-date, and privacy-respecting.

Unlike traditional search APIs, RunTools handles authentication, rate limiting, and response formatting automatically. Your AI receives clean, structured results ready to use — no API keys to manage, no complex setup.

Benefits

Why use Brave Search?

✓ Real-time web search directly from your AI chat

✓ Image, video, news, and local search in one endpoint

✓ AI-powered summaries for faster answers

✓ No Brave API key needed — RunTools handles it

✓ Privacy-first: Brave does not track your searches

Use Cases

What can you do?

Research assistant

Ask your AI to research any topic and get up-to-date results from the web with sources.

News monitoring

Have your AI search for the latest news on specific topics, companies, or events.

Competitive analysis

Search for competitor products, pricing, and reviews directly from your AI workflow.

Local business lookup

Find nearby restaurants, services, or stores with ratings and contact information.

Your Endpoint

Connect with Brave Search

Use this URL to connect with only Brave Search + Environment Variables enabled.

MCP Endpoint

https://mcp.runtools.link/{YOUR_KEY}

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Tools

Brave Search Tools

brave_search_web

12 args

Performs web searches using the Brave Search API. Returns web results with title, description, and URL. Can also return FAQ, discussions, news, and video results when result_filter is empty.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
query	string	Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)	required
country	string	Default: `"US"`	optional
search_lang	string	Default: `"en"`	optional
count	number	Default: `10`	optional
offset	number	Default: `0`	optional
safesearch	enum	Default: `"moderate"` Values: `off` `moderate` `strict`	optional
freshness	string		optional
text_decorations	boolean	Default: `true`	optional
spellcheck	boolean	Default: `true`	optional
result_filter	string[]	Default: `["web","query"]`	optional
extra_snippets	boolean		optional
summary	boolean		optional

brave_search_local

4 args

Searches for local businesses and places using Brave's Local Search API. Returns business names, addresses, ratings, phone numbers, and opening hours. Best for queries with 'near me' or specific locations. Falls back to web search if no local results found. Requires Pro plan.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
query	string	Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)	required
country	string	Default: `"US"`	optional
search_lang	string	Default: `"en"`	optional
count	number	Default: `10`	optional

brave_search_image

6 args

Searches for images using Brave's Image Search API. Returns image URLs, titles, dimensions, and metadata. Useful for finding pictures of people, places, things, or design inspiration.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
query	string	Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)	required
country	string	Default: `"US"`	optional
search_lang	string	Default: `"en"`	optional
count	number	Default: `50`	optional
safesearch	enum	Default: `"strict"` Values: `off` `strict`	optional
spellcheck	boolean	Default: `true`	optional

brave_search_video

8 args

Searches for videos using Brave's Video Search API. Returns video titles, URLs, descriptions, durations, and thumbnails.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
query	string	Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)	required
country	string	Default: `"US"`	optional
search_lang	string	Default: `"en"`	optional
count	number	Default: `20`	optional
offset	number	Default: `0`	optional
safesearch	enum	Default: `"moderate"` Values: `off` `moderate` `strict`	optional
freshness	string		optional
spellcheck	boolean	Default: `true`	optional

brave_search_news

9 args

Searches for news articles using Brave's News Search API. Returns current news with titles, URLs, descriptions, and freshness info. Best for recent events and breaking news.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
query	string	Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)	required
country	string	Default: `"US"`	optional
search_lang	string	Default: `"en"`	optional
count	number	Default: `20`	optional
offset	number	Default: `0`	optional
safesearch	enum	Default: `"moderate"` Values: `off` `moderate` `strict`	optional
freshness	string	Default: `"pd"`	optional
spellcheck	boolean	Default: `true`	optional
extra_snippets	boolean		optional

brave_search_summarizer

3 args

Generates AI-powered summaries from web search results. First perform a web search with summary=true, then use the returned summary key with this tool. Requires Pro AI plan.

Arguments

Name	Type	Description
key	string	Summary key from a web search performed with summary=true	required
entity_info	boolean	Default: `false`	optional
inline_references	boolean	Default: `false`	optional

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