brightdata mcp

🌟 Overview

The Web MCP is your gateway to giving AI assistants true web capabilities. No more outdated responses, no more "I can't access real-time information" - just seamless, reliable web access that actually works.

Built by Bright Data, the world's #1 web data platform, this MCP server ensures your AI never gets blocked, rate-limited, or served CAPTCHAs.

🎯 Perfect For

• 🔍 Real-time Research - Get current prices, news, and live data
• 🛍️ E-commerce Intelligence - Monitor products, prices, and availability
• 📊 Market Analysis - Track competitors and industry trends
• 🤖 AI Agents - Build agents that can actually browse the web
• 💻 Coding Agents - Look up npm/PyPI packages, versions, and READMEs in real time
• 🧠 GEO & Brand Visibility - See how ChatGPT, Grok, and Perplexity perceive your brand
• 📝 Content Creation - Access up-to-date information for writing
• 🎓 Academic Research - Gather data from multiple sources efficiently

⚡ Quick Start

Use the configuration wizard:

Perfect for users who want zero setup. Just add this URL to your MCP client:

https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE

Setup in Claude Desktop:

1. Go to: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
2. Name: Bright Data Web
3. URL: https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN
4. Click "Add" and you're done! ✨

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Bright Data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token-here>"
      }
    }
  }
}

🚀 Pricing & Modes

💡 Note: Pro mode is not included in the free tier and incurs additional charges based on usage.

🧠 Advanced Tool Selection

• GROUPS lets you enable curated tool bundles. Use comma-separated group IDs such as ecommerce,browser.
• TOOLS adds explicit tool names on top of the selected groups.
• Mode priority: PRO_MODE=true (all tools) → GROUPS / TOOLS (whitelist) → default rapid mode (base toolkit).
• Base tools always enabled: search_engine, search_engine_batch, scrape_as_markdown, scrape_batch.
• Group ID custom is reserved; use TOOLS for bespoke picks.

Claude Desktop example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Bright Data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token-here>",
        "GROUPS": "browser,advanced_scraping",
        "TOOLS": "extract"
      }
    }
  }
}

Coding agent example (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf)

Give your coding agent real-time package intelligence — latest versions, READMEs, dependencies, and metadata from npm and PyPI without scraping:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Bright Data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token-here>",
        "GROUPS": "code"
      }
    }
  }
}

✨ Features

🔥 Core Capabilities

🎯 Example Queries That Just Work

✅ "What's Tesla's current stock price?"
✅ "Find the best-rated restaurants in Tokyo right now"
✅ "Get today's weather forecast for New York"
✅ "What movies are releasing this week?"
✅ "What are the trending topics on Twitter today?"
✅ "What's the latest version of express on npm?"
✅ "Get the README for the langchain-brightdata PyPI package"

🎬 Demos

Note: These videos show earlier versions. New demos coming soon! 🎥

Basic Web Search Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/59f6ebba-801a-49ab-8278-1b2120912e33

Advanced Scraping Demo

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61ab0bee-fdfa-4d50-b0de-5fab96b4b91d

📺 More tutorials on YouTube →

🔧 Available Tools

⚡ Rapid Mode Tools (Default - Free)

💎 Pro Mode Tools (60+ Tools)

📚 View complete tool documentation →

🎮 Try It Now!

🧪 Online Playground

Try the Web MCP without any setup:

🔧 Configuration

Basic Setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Bright Data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "your-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Advanced Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Bright Data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "your-token-here",
        "PRO_MODE": "true",              // Enable all 60+ tools
        "RATE_LIMIT": "100/1h",          // Custom rate limiting
        "WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE": "custom",   // Custom unlocker zone
        "BROWSER_ZONE": "custom_browser", // Custom browser zone
        "POLLING_TIMEOUT": "600"         // Polling timeout in seconds (default: 600)
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

Notes:

• POLLING_TIMEOUT controls how long web_data_* tools wait for results. Each second = 1 polling attempt.
• Lower values (e.g., 300) will fail faster on slow data collections.
• Higher values (e.g., 1200) allow more time for complex scraping tasks.

📚 Documentation

🚨 Common Issues & Solutions

❌ "spawn npx ENOENT" Error

Solution: Install Node.js or use the full path to node:

"command": "/usr/local/bin/node"  // macOS/Linux
"command": "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe"  // Windows

⏱️ Timeouts on Complex Sites

Solution: Increase timeout in your client settings to 180s

🔑 Authentication Issues

Solution: Ensure your API token is valid and has proper permissions

📡 Remote Server Connection

Solution: Check your internet connection and firewall settings

More troubleshooting →

🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Here's how you can help:

• 🐛 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest features
• 🔧 Submit PRs
• ⭐ Star this repo!

Please follow Bright Data's coding standards.

📞 Support

📜 License

MIT © Bright Data Ltd.