Brave Search Tool

The Brave Search Tool performs a web search using the Brave Search API and returns the top results.
It is useful for workflows that require up-to-date web information or need to augment AI responses with search results.

Inputs

• query ¹ (string): Search query (e.g., "latest AI news")
• apiKey (string, user config): Brave Search API Key
• maxResults (integer, user config): Maximum number of results to return (default: 5, min: 1, max: 20)
• requireToolUse (boolean, user config): Require tool use (forces the LLM to always call this tool; default: true)

  Note: When enabled, the node will retry tool calls up to the number of times set in Max Tool Retries in the AI Data Processing Node.

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(1) Provided by the AI Data Processing Node as a result of processing it's input.

Outputs

• title: Title of the search result
• url: URL of the result
• description: Short description or snippet

Example Output:

[
    {
        "title": "Brave Search launches new features",
        "url": "https://brave.com/search-update",
        "description": "Brave Search introduces new privacy-focused features for users."
    },
    {
        "title": "What is Brave Search?",
        "url": "https://brave.com/search/",
        "description": "Learn about Brave Search, a private search engine from Brave."
    }
]

Node Type

• ai-tool
• toolSubtype: brave-search