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Brightdata MCP

Brightdata MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Bright Data's Web MCP server enabling AI agents to search, extract & navigate the web. It has 2,660 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @brightdata/mcp.

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Install Brightdata MCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio brightdata-mcp -- npx -y @brightdata/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "api_token",
      "description": "API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "${input:api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
API_TOKENsecretYesYour API key for Bright Data
WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONENoYour unlocker zone name
BROWSER_ZONENoYour browser zone name
PRO_MODENoTo enable PRO_MODE - set to true
GROUPSNoComma-separated tool group IDs (e.g., 'ecommerce,browser')
TOOLSNoComma-separated tool names to enable
POLLING_TIMEOUTNoPolling timeout in seconds for webdata tools (default: 600)
BASE_TIMEOUTNoRequest timeout in seconds for base tools (search & scrape). No limit if unset
BASE_MAX_RETRIESNoMax retries for base tools on transient errors (0-3, default: 0)

About Brightdata MCP

Web search, page scraping, structured data extraction, and browser automation for AI agents and LLMs over the Model Context Protocol. Works with AI agents, coding agents, chat assistants, and any MCP-compatible client.

  • llm
  • mcp
  • modelcontextprotocol
  • scraping
  • ai-agents
  • ai-integrations
  • anti-bot-detection
  • browser-automation
  • data-collection
  • data-extraction

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What is Brightdata MCP?

Brightdata MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Bright Data's Web MCP server enabling AI agents to search, extract & navigate the web. It has 2,660 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @brightdata/mcp. The source code is at github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp.

How do I install the Brightdata MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @brightdata/mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Brightdata MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Brightdata MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 15, 2026. The latest release is v2.11.3, published Sep 17, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.