# Brave Search Muse connector

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## Brave Search

Search the web, local businesses and images using Brave Search

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/brave-search
- Category: Research & Data
- Developer: Brave Software
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, sign-in needed, 1613ms, checked 2026-09-28T08:31:07Z
- Endpoint: https://server.smithery.ai/brave/mcp
- Auth: Sign in with your account; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-09-24T06:55:50Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (ai.smithery/brave) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=ai.smithery%2Fbrave

Connects to Brave Search API to let Muse search the web, find local businesses, and retrieve images. Requires a free API key from brave.com/search/api/.

Example request: "Find restaurants near me that serve Thai food"

How to connect: Brave Search is not in Muse's Connectors list yet, and it needs you to sign in with your Brave Search account. Apps that need this kind of sign-in usually cannot be used from a Muse chat yet. Follow it here and we will tell you when it reaches Muse.

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Requires sign-in (publishes OAuth metadata))
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (server.smithery.ai not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: n/a (Tools are behind sign-in)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: n/a (Tools are behind sign-in)
- Domain and redirects: pass (Domain registered 652 days ago)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)