responseMode
(enum, optional, default compact): compact applies Brave's balanced relevance filtering plus local snippet filtering/truncation. full disables Brave's relevance filtering and returns raw snippets without local filtering or truncation.
How to use it
responseMode is exposed by the Brave Search MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the responseMode tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Brave Search MCP
docker run --rm -p 3001:3001 -e BRAVE_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" brave-search-mcp:latest --httpOther tools in Brave Search MCP (18)
(number, optional): The number of results to return (max 20, default 10)
(enum, optional): Filters search results by when they were discovered
(number, optional, default 16): The maximum number of snippets across all URLs. Minimum 1, maximum 100.
(number, optional, default 2): The maximum number of snippets per URL. Minimum 1, maximum 100.
(number, optional, default 2048): The approximate maximum number of tokens in the returned context. Minimum 1024, maximum 32768.
(number, optional, default 512): The maximum number of tokens per URL. Minimum 512, maximum 8192.
(number, optional, default 8): The maximum number of URLs to include in the response. Minimum 1, maximum 50.
(number, optional, default 8000): Approximate maximum serialized response size in compact mode. Minimum 1000, maximum 100000.
(number, optional, default 400): Maximum characters per snippet in compact mode. Minimum 80, maximum 4000.
(number, optional, default 0): The offset for pagination
(string): The term to search the internet for
(string, optional): Optional URL to target. When provided, query and URL are combined for retrieval and only snippets from this exact URL are returned.