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title: "Integrate Brave Web Search"
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The Brave Search tool, provided by Airia, enables your models to perform web searches and incorporate the results into their responses. It supports natural language queries and allows you to specify the freshness of the content.

## Add the Brave Web Search Tool
Follow these steps to add the Brave Search tool to your Airia account:
1.  Navigate to the **Tools** section in your Airia dashboard.
2.  Find and select **Brave Search MCP** from the available MCP Tools library.
3.  Configure the **Authentication** method:
    *   **Airia Universal Key (Default):** Use the pre-configured Airia Universal Key for immediate access.
    *   **Custom Brave API Key:** Provide your own Brave Search API Key. You can retrieve a new key from https://brave.com/search/api/
5.  Click **Save** to add the Server to your library.

> 💡 Note: After saving, you'll need to add this tool to an agent to start using it. Refer to the [Tools setup guide](../tools.mdx) for detailed instructions.

## Use the Brave Web Search Tool
Once the Brave Web Search tool is added to an agent, your model can retrieve information by performing a search query.

![Brave Web Search results](../Images/Brave_tool_response.png)

> 💡 Note: For improved search accuracy and relevance, consider adding a prompt to your model. This prompt can guide the search by specifying desired domains, content freshness, or other contextual details relevant to your use case.

## Migration from Bing Search
If you're migrating from Bing Search, Brave Search provides the same web search capabilities with improved cost efficiency. Your existing search workflows will continue to work seamlessly with the new Brave Search integration.
