brave-search

name	brave-search
description	Search the web using Brave Search API. Use for research, current events, finding information online, fact-checking, or when you need to look something up.
allowed-tools	Bash(curl:*)

Web Search with Brave

Search the web for any topic using Brave Search API. Requires $BRAVE_API_KEY environment variable. If not configured, tell the user to run /add-brave-search on the host to set it up.

# Basic search
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=your+search+query" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"

# Recent results (past 24 hours)
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=your+query&freshness=pd" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"

# Specific country/language
curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=your+query&country=GB&search_lang=en" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"

Response Format

Returns JSON with web.results[] array containing:

• title - Page title
• url - Page URL
• description - Snippet text
• published - Publish date

Freshness Options

• pd - Past 24 hours
• pw - Past week
• pm - Past month
• py - Past year

Use for: research, news, fact-checking, finding documentation, troubleshooting.