> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Brave Search

> Web, news and image search on its own index. A fallback when Google's results are not available.

Web, news and image search on its own index. A fallback when Google's results are not available.

## Connecting

In the dashboard, open **Connectors**, find Brave Search and press **Connect**. The key you enter is checked against Brave Search before anything is saved, so a key that is refused never becomes a connection that fails later.

### What you will need

| Field   | What it is                               |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| API Key | Your Brave Search API subscription token |

### Getting the credential

1. Sign up at [Brave Search API](https://api.search.brave.com)
2. Subscribe to a plan (Free tier available)
3. Copy your API key from the dashboard
4. Add API key to connector

## What an agent can do with it

| Tool           | What it does                                                                        |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `web_search`   | Search the web using Brave Search. Returns organic results with snippets and links. |
| `news_search`  | Search for news articles using Brave News Search                                    |
| `image_search` | Search for images using Brave Image Search                                          |
| `video_search` | Search for videos using Brave Video Search                                          |
| `suggest`      | Get search suggestions/autocomplete for a query                                     |
| `spellcheck`   | Check spelling of a query                                                           |

## Useful resources

* [Brave Search documentation](https://api.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started)