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Search the web with MCP-based Brave Search Engine on Telegram

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by Davide Boizza ✓ · 8,101 views · created 2025-03-20 · Personal Productivity, AI RAG

Unknown. This template uses community nodes we can't verify statically. Uses community nodes that can't be verified statically (unverified community packages are off by default in 3.0). Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 7 nodes and runs on Telegram events (message). Along the way it connects Telegram and Mcp (community).

How it runs

Trigger: On Telegram events (message).

  1. Search with Brave? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
  2. Get Text (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: text
  3. Clean query (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  4. List Brave Tools (Mcp Client): uses Mcp Client
  5. Exec Brave tool (Mcp Client): execute tool
  6. Send message (Telegram): uses Telegram

Services it uses

TelegramMcp (community)

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

We can't fully verify this one: it relies on 1 community package, and n8n 3.0 turns unverified community packages off by default (N8N_UNVERIFIED_PACKAGES_ENABLED=false).

  • Check that n8n-nodes-mcp is verified or supports 3.0 (used in List Brave Tools, Exec Brave tool).

Nodes used (6)

From the author

This workflow enables users to perform web searches directly from Telegram using the Brave search engine. By simply sending the command /brave followed by a query, the workflow retrieves search results from Brave and returns them as a Telegram message. This…

Excerpt from Davide Boizza's description on n8n.io.

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