What can an AI agent do with Brave Search?

A Brave Search AI agent can query the open web, retrieve news articles, find images, and get AI-generated summaries, all from an independent index that doesn't rely on Google or Bing. Your agent can run these searches automatically on a schedule or on demand, then fold the results into reports, Slack digests, or downstream tasks.

Why use Brave Search instead of Google or Bing search APIs?

Brave operates its own web crawler and index, so results aren't filtered or ranked by ad revenue. This gives your agent access to a different slice of the web and avoids search personalization that can bias results - useful for research, competitive intelligence, and any workflow where independence and privacy matter.

Does Brave Search track my queries?

Brave Search is built around a no-tracking policy. Queries made through the API are not tied to user profiles or used for ad targeting. Your API credentials are encrypted at rest and used only to make requests on your behalf.

Which Brave Search API plan do I need?

Brave offers a free tier with a limited monthly query quota, plus paid plans for higher volumes. The Summarizer and local search features require a paid plan. Check Brave's pricing page to match a plan to your expected query volume before running high-frequency automations.

Developer tools

Brave Search, run by an agent.

An AI agent that searches the web independently for research and real-time intelligence.

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What needs your approval

Brave Search never changes anything without you.

Anything that creates, edits or deletes in Brave Search waits for your approval. Approve a recurring task once and it runs unattended after that.

Connecting Brave Search

About 5 minutes

Auth: API key
Setup: About 5 minutes

Where to get access

Subscribe to the Brave Search API and copy your API key from the dashboard. A free tier is available.

api.search.brave.com

Example tasks

Real work people hand to an agent that uses Brave Search.

research competitors by searching their product updates, press mentions, and pricing pages on a schedule
monitor news for brand mentions or industry keywords and send a daily digest to slack
fact-check claims in documents by cross-referencing them against live web results
power an ai assistant with real-time web search so answers reflect current information, not training data