Brave search

기준일: 2026-07-26
난이도: 중급
공식 기준: Brave search

개요

이 페이지는 OpenClaw Brave search 도구(파라미터, 권한, 설정, CLI)를 공식 문서 기준으로 정리합니다.

공식 요약: Brave Search API setup for web_search

도구 가시성은 profile / allow·deny policy / sandbox / channel 권한에 따라 달라집니다. 최신 스키마는 항상 공식 문서를 우선합니다.

공식 문서 기반 상세

아래는 공식 tools/brave-search 문서를 정리한 내용입니다. 코드 블록, 파라미터 이름, 기본값은 원문 그대로입니다.

OpenClaw supports Brave Search API as a web_search provider.

Get an API key

1. Create a Brave Search API account at https://brave.com/search/api/
2. In the dashboard, choose the Search plan and generate an API key.
3. Store the key in config or set BRAVE_API_KEY in the Gateway environment.

설정 예시

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      brave: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "BRAVE_API_KEY_HERE",
            mode: "web", // or "llm-context"
            baseUrl: "https://api.search.brave.com", // optional proxy/base URL override
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "brave",
        maxResults: 5,
        timeoutSeconds: 30,
      },
    },
  },
}

Provider-specific Brave search settings live under plugins.entries.brave.config.webSearch.*; this is the canonical config path.

webSearch.mode controls the Brave transport:

• web (default): normal Brave web search with titles, URLs, and snippets
• llm-context: Brave LLM Context API with pre-extracted text chunks and sources for grounding

webSearch.baseUrl can point Brave requests at a trusted Brave-compatible proxy or gateway. OpenClaw appends /res/v1/web/search or /res/v1/llm/context to the configured base URL and keeps the base URL in the cache key. Public endpoints must use https://; http:// is accepted only for trusted loopback or private-network proxy hosts.

Tool parameters

• query (string) (required): Search query.

• count (number) · default: 5: Number of results to return (1–10).

• country (string): 2-letter ISO country code (e.g. US, DE).

• language (string): ISO 639-1 language code for search results (e.g. en, de, fr).

• search_lang (string): Brave search-language code (e.g. en, en-gb, zh-hans).

• ui_lang (string): ISO language code for UI elements.

• freshness ('day' | 'week' | 'month' | 'year'): Time filter — day is 24 hours.

• date_after (string): Only results published after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

• date_before (string): Only results published before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

Examples:

// Country and language-specific search
await web_search({
  query: "renewable energy",
  country: "DE",
  language: "de",
});

// Recent results (past week)
await web_search({
  query: "AI news",
  freshness: "week",
});

// Date range search
await web_search({
  query: "AI developments",
  date_after: "2024-01-01",
  date_before: "2024-06-30",
});

참고

• OpenClaw uses the Brave Search plan. If you have a legacy subscription (e.g. the original Free plan with 2,000 queries/month), it remains valid but does not include newer features like LLM Context or higher rate limits.
• Each Brave plan includes $5/month in free credit (renewing). The Search plan costs $5 per 1,000 requests, so the credit covers 1,000 queries/month. Set your usage limit in the Brave dashboard to avoid unexpected charges. See the Brave API portal for current plans.
• The Search plan includes the LLM Context endpoint and AI inference rights. Storing results to train or tune models requires a plan with explicit storage rights. See the Brave Terms of Service.
• llm-context mode returns grounded source entries instead of the normal web-search snippet shape.
• llm-context mode supports freshness and bounded date_after + date_before ranges. It does not support ui_lang; date_before without date_after is rejected because Brave requires custom freshness ranges to include both start and end dates.
• ui_lang must include a region subtag like en-US.
• Results are cached for 15 minutes by default (configurable via cacheTtlMinutes).
• Custom webSearch.baseUrl values are included in Brave cache identity, so proxy-specific responses do not collide.
• Enable the brave.http diagnostics flag to log Brave request URLs/query params, response status/timing, and search-cache hit/miss/write events while troubleshooting. The flag never logs the API key or response bodies, but search queries can be sensitive.

관련 문서

• Web Search overview -- all providers and auto-detection
• Perplexity Search -- structured results with domain filtering
• Exa Search -- neural search with content extraction

검증 체크리스트

• 해당 tool이 활성 profile/policy에서 허용되는지 확인
• sandbox / elevated / host 실행 경로 정책을 이해했는지 확인
• 채널·에이전트 권한과 충돌하지 않는지 확인
• 공식 CLI/--help와 문서 옵션이 버전과 맞는지 확인

관련

• Tools 목록 인덱스
• 공식: Tools overview, Tools and custom providers