Brave Search

May 14, 2026 · View on GitHub

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: search.brave.com

Commands

Command	Description
`opencli brave search <keyword>`	Search Brave Search and extract results from the page

What works today

Uses browser mode to search search.brave.com and extract ranked results via DOM queries.
Supports --offset for GET-based pagination. Brave returns approximately 18 results per page.
Results include rank, title, URL, and snippet.
--limit must be between 1 and 18; --offset must be a non-negative page offset.

Current limitations

Requires browser mode. Brave Search does not offer a public, no-auth search API.
DOM structure uses Svelte-generated class names that may change with updates.
Some results may have empty snippets depending on Brave's layout.

Usage Examples

# Basic search
opencli brave search "machine learning"

# Limit results
opencli brave search "machine learning" --limit 5

# Pagination (second page)
opencli brave search "machine learning" --offset 1

# JSON output
opencli brave search "machine learning" -f json

Prerequisites

Requires Chrome running (Standalone mode will auto-launch) or the Browser Bridge extension.

Notes

Brave Search renders results server-side; all results are present in the initial HTML (no lazy loading).
Brave also shows an AI-generated summary box as the first result. The adapter filters this out via the .standalone class check.