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Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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Source: Official · also listed on npm, modelscope, PulseMCP, mcp.so

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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: BRAVE_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
🔐 secretBRAVE_API_KEYYour Brave Search API key (required unless BRAVE_API_KEY_FILE is set)
configBRAVE_API_KEY_FILEBRAVE_API_KEY: Your Brave Search API key (required unless is set)
configBRAVE_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS
configBRAVE_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS
configBRAVE_MCP_DISABLED_TOOLSWhen used, specifies a space-separated blacklist for supported tools
configBRAVE_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLSWhen used, specifies a space-separated whitelist for supported tools
configBRAVE_MCP_HOST
configBRAVE_MCP_LOG_LEVELDesired logging level("debug", "info", "notice", "warning", "error", "critical", "alert", or "emergency", default: "info")
configBRAVE_MCP_PORTHTTP server port (default: 8080)
configBRAVE_MCP_STATELESSHTTP stateless mode (default: "true"). When running on Amazon Bedrock Agentcore, set to "true".
configBRAVE_MCP_TRANSPORTTransport mode ("http" or "stdio", default: "stdio")
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

8/8 tools missing one or more hints — brave_image_search (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); brave_llm_context (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); brave_local_search (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +5 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool test coverage

Only 0/8 tools referenced in tests (0%)

Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.

Secrets not logged

5 secret values sent to console.log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

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We have 4 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.
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commit: 930f6b3af474108b9da91912e79a75395e24f1b8
code hash: cd6a798f6c8f10c7f0966c97fd841f7338c04d8170fc6116194089c57360f53a
verified: 8/7/2026, 2:47:26 AM
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