Is brave-search-mcp safe to install?

Security audit of mikechao/brave-search-mcp · MCP Server by mikechao · ★ 117

✓ SAFE Basic audit · rule-based scan · SlowMist 11 red-flag categories

Yes — brave-search-mcp passed AgentSkillsHub's rule-based security scan with no dangerous patterns detected. As with any third-party skill, confirm what credentials it requests before production use.

What it is: An MCP Server implementation that integrates the Brave Search API, providing, Web Search, Local Points of Interest Search, Image Search, Video Search, News Search and LLM Context Search capabilities

Red flags detected (1)

Audit summary

Security grade✓ SAFE
Quality score73/100
GitHub stars117
LanguageTypeScript
LicenseGPL-3.0
Last updated

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