Zed Brave Search Context Server

This extension provides a Model Context Server for Brave Search, for use with the Zed AI assistant. It leverages this MCP server.

It adds /brave_web_search and /brave_local_search slash commands to the Assistant Panel.

Configuration

Getting an API Key

To use the extension, first you will need to acquire a Brave API key.

1. Sign up for a Brave Search API account

2. Choose a plan (Free tier available with 2,000 queries/month)

3. Generate your API key from the developer dashboard

{
  "context_servers": {
    "brave_search": {
      "settings": {
        "brave_api_key": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

• /brave_web_search [count] [offset]: Execute web searches with pagination and filtering.
• /brave_local_search [count]: Search for local businesses and services. Automatically falls back to web search if no local results found.