{"id":"linuxserver-brave","name":"brave","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/brave","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/brave","category":"search","subcategories":[],"tags":["search","information-retrieval","web-api","agents","browser-integration"],"what_it_does":"Brave (\"brave\") is a browser-oriented package/tooling that implements Brave Search integration. It provides an API client/adapter layer for searching the web using Brave Search, intended for programmatic use by applications and agents.","use_cases":["Web search for assistants and applications","RAG/answer augmentation with fresh web results","Finding sources for research and fact-checking","Building lightweight search features in apps"],"not_for":["High-volume enterprise crawling or large-scale data extraction without rate-limit planning","Use as a complete search UI/browser replacement","Use where you must fully control ranking/retention without vendor dependence"],"best_when":"You need a simple programmatic way to query Brave Search from an app or agent workflow and consume search results.","avoid_when":"You have strict requirements for self-hosting, fully offline operation, or detailed contractual guarantees about indexing/retention; you expect guaranteed stable result schemas without testing.","alternatives":["Tavily","SerpAPI","Google Custom Search API","Bing Web Search API","DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API (where available)"],"af_score":40.2,"security_score":58.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"low","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:49:00.755757+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":true,"sdk_languages":["JavaScript","TypeScript","Node.js","Python (likely, based on common packaging patterns for this ecosystem)"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["API key (typical for Brave Search integrations)","Configuration via environment variables/config"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Exact authentication mechanism and required credentials are not verifiable from the provided prompt alone; however, Brave Search integrations commonly require an API key. No evidence of OAuth or fine-grained scopes was provided."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Pricing/plan details are not provided in the prompt content, so this is left unspecified."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":40.2,"security_score":58.5,"reliability_score":30.0,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":35.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":70.0,"rate_limit_clarity":25.0,"tls_enforcement":90.0,"auth_strength":60.0,"scope_granularity":30.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":60.0,"security_notes":"Assumes standard usage of HTTPS and API-key-based access typical for search APIs. Without repository/package manifest details, dependency hygiene and secret handling practices cannot be confirmed; treat as unknown and review source/lockfiles for CVEs and logging of credentials.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":50.0,"breaking_changes_history":40.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"unknown","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Search result schemas can change; agents should code defensively and tolerate missing fields.","Rate limits may apply; agents should implement backoff/retry with jitter even if not documented here.","Query normalization (encoding, language/locale params) can affect results; agents should pass explicit parameters consistently."]}}