news_search
Pack: brave-search · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/brave-search/mcp
News-specific search with publication metadata. Returns title, URL, source, age, snippet, and breaking-news flag.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | yes | Search query |
count | number | no | Results (1-20, default 10) |
offset | number | no | 0-9 page offset |
country | string | no | 2-letter country code |
search_lang | string | no | 2-letter language |
freshness | string | no | pd | pw | pm | py |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/brave-search/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"news_search","arguments":{}}}'Response shape
Always returns: query, returned, results
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query | string | The search query |
returned | integer | Number of news results returned |
results | array | Array of news search results |
Full JSON Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The search query"
},
"returned": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of news results returned"
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of news search results",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "News article title"
},
"url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "News article URL"
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Article snippet/description"
},
"age": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Age of the article"
},
"page_age": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Age of the page"
},
"breaking": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
],
"description": "Whether article is breaking news"
},
"source": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "News source hostname"
},
"thumbnail": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Article thumbnail image URL"
}
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"query",
"returned",
"results"
]
}Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"brave-search": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/brave-search/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.