brave-search

name

brave-search

description

Web search and content extraction via Brave Search API. FALLBACK web search skill: use tavily-search by default, and use this when Tavily hits its monthly quota/credit/rate limit, or when the user specifically asks for Brave. Also use to search, look up, find, research, check, or query information on the web, fetch/extract content from a URL, find documentation, API references, latest news, current events, or verify facts. No browser needed. Only use web-access instead when interactive page manipulation, login state, or JavaScript execution is required.

Brave Search

Web search and content extraction using the official Brave Search API. No browser required.

Setup

Requires a Brave Search API account with a free subscription. A credit card is required to create the free subscription (you won't be charged).

1. Create an account at https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register
2. Create a "Free AI" subscription
3. Create an API key for the subscription
4. Add to your shell profile (~/.profile or ~/.zprofile for zsh):

   export BRAVE_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
   

5. (Optional) For proxy support, set the proxy env var:

   export HTTPS_PROXY="http://127.0.0.1:1082"
   

6. Install dependencies (run once):

   cd {baseDir}
   npm install
   

Search

{baseDir}/search.js "query"                         # Basic search (5 results)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 10                   # More results (max 20)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --content               # Include page content as markdown
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --freshness pw          # Results from last week
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --freshness 2024-01-01to2024-06-30  # Date range
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --country DE            # Results from Germany
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 3 --content          # Combined options

Options

• -n <num> - Number of results (default: 5, max: 20)
• --content - Fetch and include page content as markdown
• --country <code> - Two-letter country code (default: US)
• --freshness <period> - Filter by time:
  • pd - Past day (24 hours)
  • pw - Past week
  • pm - Past month
  • py - Past year
  • YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD - Custom date range

Extract Page Content

{baseDir}/content.js https://example.com/article

Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.

Output Format

--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Age: 2 days ago
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
  Markdown content extracted from the page...

--- Result 2 ---
...

When to Use

• Searching for documentation or API references
• Looking up facts or current information
• Fetching content from specific URLs
• Any task requiring web search without interactive browsing