PingOne Privilege

Brave Search

The MCP Catalog provides a prebuilt integration for the Brave Search API.

This integration provides:

  • Tools for working with the Brave Search API for web search from AI agents.

  • Tool, prompt, and resource-level PingOne Privilege policy configuration.

  • Full audit of agent tool calls in Activity > Activity Logs.

Configure a Brave Search integration

Configuration involves creating a Brave Search application in PingOne Privilege, configuring policies for the application, and establishing connectivity between the agent and an Agent Privilege gateway.

Before you begin

Ensure you have the following:

  • An AI gateway configured in Directory > Gateways. Learn more in AI gateways.

  • You have a Brave Search API subscription with an API key.

Step 1: Create a Brave Search application in PingOne Privilege

  1. In the PingOne Privilege admin console, go to AI Security > Agentic Apps.

  2. Click the MCP Catalog tab.

  3. In the Brave Search tile, click Add .

  4. Enter an Application Name for the connection.

  5. Select a Mesh Cluster.

  6. Provide the required Brave Search API key.

    This API key is located in your Brave Search API dashboard.

  7. Click Create.

The Brave Search integration is now available to AI agents as an MCP server, with PingOne Privilege policy applied to its tools.

Step 2: Configure policies for Brave Search tools

  1. In the PingOne Privilege admin console, go to AI Security > Agentic Apps.

  2. In the list, find the Brave Search application.

  3. Click (⋮), then click Create Policy.

  4. Select which operations from the Brave Search specification are available to agents.

  5. Click Update Configuration.

  6. Add the users or groups the policy will apply to.

  7. Define the users or groups the policy will apply to.

  8. Click Continue.

  9. Configure the policy with the following fields:

    • Policy Name

    • Select Timezone

    • Start Date and Start Time

    • End Date in hours, days, weeks, months, or custom date.

  10. Click Submit to save the policy.

Step 3: Establish connectivity between agent and gateway

  1. In the PingOne Privilege admin console, go to AI Security > Agentic Apps.

  2. On the Active Applications tab, find the Brave Search application and click More Info.

  3. On the Overview tab’s Resource Information section, select a configured AI Gateway from the list.

  4. Copy the MCP Config code.

  5. Use the code you just copied to connect to the Brave Search app through your client. For example, you can paste the code into Claude Desktop.

    Result: The associated Brave Search app is now accessible through that client.

  6. Validate that the Brave Search tools appear in the client and that restricted tools don’t appear.

Result

Users can now get the MCP Config for connecting their client to the Brave Search app under Agentic Apps in the PingOne Privilege user console.