> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stackone.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Brave Search with API Key – StackOne Hub

> Link a Brave Search account in the StackOne Hub using API Key. End-user guide to authorize the integration and start using Brave Search actions.

<Warning>A credit card is required to activate a plan, even though each plan includes \$5 in free monthly credits. Each API is gated by its own plan — actions on plans you have not activated fail with a 400 OPTION\_NOT\_IN\_PLAN error.</Warning>

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  <h2>Create a Brave Search API account</h2>

  <p>To connect Brave Search with StackOne, you'll need an API key from the Brave Search API dashboard.</p>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Sign up">
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        <p>Go to the <a href="https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brave Search API Dashboard</a> and create an account with your email address and a password, or log in if you already have one.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>

    <Step title="Verify your email">
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        <p>Click the confirmation link Brave sends to your inbox, then log in to the dashboard.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>
  </Steps>
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  <h2>Activate a plan</h2>

  <p>API access is gated per plan. Activate every plan you need:<br /><br />- <strong>Search</strong> covers web, news, image, video, place, and LLM context actions<br />- <strong>Answers</strong> covers the chat completions action<br />- <strong>Spellcheck</strong> covers the spellcheck action<br />- <strong>Autosuggest</strong> covers the suggestions action</p>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Open Available plans">
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        <p>In the dashboard, navigate to the <strong>Available plans</strong> section.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>

    <Step title="Choose and activate">
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        <p>Select the plan(s) that cover the actions you need and enter your credit card details to activate. Plans are postpaid (pay as you go) and include \$5 in free credits every month.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>
  </Steps>
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  <h2>Create your API Key</h2>

  <p>Generate the subscription token StackOne will use to authenticate.</p>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Open API Keys">
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        <p>In the dashboard, go to the <strong>API Keys</strong> section.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>

    <Step title="Add an API key">
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        <p>Click <strong>Add API Key</strong> and give it a descriptive name (e.g. "StackOne").</p>
      </div>
    </Step>

    <Step title="Copy the key">
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        <p>Copy the generated key and store it securely — it is sent as the X-Subscription-Token header on every request. Paste it into the <strong>API Key</strong> field in StackOne.</p>
      </div>
    </Step>
  </Steps>
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  <h2>Linking the Account from the Hub</h2>

  <Steps>
    <Step title="Navigate to the Hub">
      Use one of the three <a href="/connect/managing-connectors/linking-accounts">Linking Account Methods</a> to access the Hub.
    </Step>

    <Step title="Fill out the fields">
      Fill out the following fields using details from your provider:

      <ul>
        <li><strong>API Key</strong></li>
      </ul>
    </Step>

    <Step title="Connect">
      <ul>
        <li>Click <strong>Connect</strong></li>
        <li>If applicable, the provider will redirect you to a sign-in or authorization page. Complete the provider's authorization flow.</li>
        <li>Once authorization is successful, you will see a confirmation popup</li>
      </ul>
    </Step>
  </Steps>

  <p>If the account linking is successful, you will see the newly linked account in your <a href="/gateway/concepts/linked-accounts">Accounts</a> page.</p>
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