Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/main/.claude/skills/mcp-brave-search/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminalWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/mcp-brave-search)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/mcp-brave-search"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/mcp-brave-search/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/mcp-brave-search"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal/mcp-brave-search.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00050 | $0.00653 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00025 | $0.00327 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00010 | $0.00131 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00065 |
Grade A, and why
mcp-brave-search scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 108 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Brave Search MCP
Overview
This skill enables web searching using the Brave Search API through MCP. Brave Search provides privacy-focused web search capabilities including general web searches and local business searches.
When to Use This Skill
- Searching for current information and news
- Finding documentation and tutorials
- Researching technologies and libraries
- Finding local businesses and services
- Getting up-to-date information beyond knowledge cutoff
Available Tools
brave_web_search
Perform a general web search.
Tool: mcp__brave-search__brave_web_search
Parameters:
query(required): Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words)count(optional): Number of results (1-20, default 10)offset(optional): Pagination offset (max 9, default 0)
Example:
mcp__brave-search__brave_web_search({
query: "xterm.js WebGL addon tutorial",
count: 10
})
brave_local_search
Search for local businesses and places.
Tool: mcp__brave-search__brave_local_search
Parameters:
query(required): Local search query (e.g., "pizza near Central Park")count(optional): Number of results (1-20, default 5)
Example:
mcp__brave-search__brave_local_search({
query: "coffee shops near Shibuya Tokyo",
count: 5
})
Common Workflows
Research a Technology
mcp__brave-search__brave_web_search({
query: "VS Code extension development best practices 2024",
count: 10
})
Find Latest Information
mcp__brave-search__brave_web_search({
query: "xterm.js latest release features",
count: 5
})
Find Error Solutions
mcp__brave-search__brave_web_search({
query: "WebGL context lost xterm.js solution",
count: 10
})
Local Business Search
mcp__brave-search__brave_local_search({
query: "coworking space near Shinjuku",
count: 5
})
Best Practices
- Be specific: Include relevant keywords for better results
- Use quotes: For exact phrase matching, use quotes in query
- Include year: Add current year for recent information
- Use local search appropriately: Only use
brave_local_searchfor location-based queries - Paginate results: Use
offsetto get more results beyond the first page
What ships with it
1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago First seen · 108 lines · 50 tokens per session scan A 54c492195293
mcp-brave-search is a skill published in the GitHub repository s-hiraoku/vscode-sidebar-terminal (21 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 50 tokens to every session and 653 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.
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