Set up Brave Search MCP in Continue

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Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: brave-search-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search
    env:
      BRAVE_API_KEY: YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY

Set up environment variables

Brave Search MCP requires the following environment variables:

BRAVE_API_KEYRequired

Brave Search API key

Verify it works

Restart Continue. Brave Search MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 2 tools available.

This server adds approximately 1,030 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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