diff --git a/TOOLS.md b/TOOLS.md
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     - `http://192.168.153.117:18803`
   - API: JSON enabled (`search.formats` includes `html,json`)
   - Runtime env: `SEARXNG_URL=http://192.168.153.113:18803` (workspace `.env`)
+  - Role: preferred local-first search backend
   - Smoke test:
     - `skills/searxng-local-search/scripts/smoke.sh openclaw`
 
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ Skills are shared. Your setup is yours. Keeping them apart means you can update
   - URL(s):
     - `http://192.168.153.113:18802`
     - `http://192.168.153.117:18802`
+  - MCP endpoint: `http://192.168.153.113:18802/mcp`
   - Note: Will confirmed Brave search port is `18802` on 2026-03-10.
+  - Verified 2026-03-10: reachable via `mcporter` as tool `brave_web_search`.
 
 ### Embeddings (local)
 
diff --git a/skills/brave-mcp-search/SKILL.md b/skills/brave-mcp-search/SKILL.md
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+---
+name: brave-mcp-search
+description: Search the web via the local LAN Brave Search MCP service. Use when the user wants a Brave-backed search result set, a second opinion after SearXNG, or when SearXNG is weak/unavailable.
+metadata:
+  openclaw:
+    requires:
+      bins: ["mcporter", "jq"]
+    emoji: "🦁"
+---
+
+# Brave MCP Search
+
+## Policy
+
+1. Prefer `searxng-local-search` first for normal web lookups.
+2. Use this Brave MCP skill when:
+   - the user explicitly asks for Brave,
+   - SearXNG is unavailable,
+   - or SearXNG results look weak and a second opinion would help.
+3. Label answers clearly as using **Brave MCP**.
+
+## Endpoint
+
+Default local endpoint:
+
+- `http://192.168.153.113:18802/mcp`
+
+You can override with `BRAVE_MCP_URL`.
+
+## Quick usage
+
+```bash
+scripts/search.sh "your query"
+```
+
+With options:
+
+```bash
+scripts/search.sh "your query" '{"country":"US","search_lang":"en","ui_lang":"en-US","count":8}'
+```
+
+Supported common options:
+- `country`
+- `search_lang`
+- `ui_lang`
+- `count`
+- `freshness`
+- `safesearch`
+
+## Notes
+
+- This uses the local Brave MCP service through `mcporter`.
+- It does not configure OpenClaw's built-in `web_search` provider.
+- Native `web_fetch` remains the preferred lightweight fetch tool for page reads.
diff --git a/skills/brave-mcp-search/scripts/search.sh b/skills/brave-mcp-search/scripts/search.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+URL="${BRAVE_MCP_URL:-http://192.168.153.113:18802/mcp}"
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+  echo 'Usage: scripts/search.sh "query" '\''{"count":5}'\''' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+QUERY="$1"
+OPTS_JSON_RAW="${2:-{}}"
+OPTS_JSON="$(printf '%s' "$OPTS_JSON_RAW" | jq -c '. // {}')"
+
+ARGS_JSON="$(jq -cn --arg q "$QUERY" --arg opts "$OPTS_JSON" '
+  ($opts | fromjson) as $o |
+  {
+    query: $q,
+    country: ($o.country // "US"),
+    search_lang: ($o.search_lang // "en"),
+    ui_lang: ($o.ui_lang // "en-US"),
+    count: ($o.count // 5),
+    freshness: ($o.freshness // empty),
+    safesearch: ($o.safesearch // empty)
+  }
+')"
+
+RAW="$(mcporter call --allow-http "$URL.brave_web_search" --args "$ARGS_JSON" --output json)"
+
+printf '%s\n' "$RAW" | jq -r '
+  def results:
+    if type=="array" then .
+    elif .content? then
+      ([.content[]? | select(.type=="text") | .text | fromjson?] | map(select(. != null)) | .[0])
+    else . end;
+
+  results as $r |
+  if ($r|type) == "array" then
+    ("Brave MCP search results (" + (($r|length)|tostring) + ")"),
+    "",
+    ($r[] | "- " + (.title // "(untitled)") + "\n  " + (.url // "") + (if .description then "\n  " + .description else "" end) + "\n")
+  else
+    $r
+  end
+'
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