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Bright Data MCP

Web search, scraping with unblocking, structured extraction and browser automation for AI agents.

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Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Agents that must reliably fetch public pages that block ordinary scrapers.

Avoid if

You need more than the free tier's 5,000 requests a month without paying; usage beyond it is billed by Bright Data.

About Bright Data MCP

Bright Data's official MCP server exposes 69 tools: search results from Google, Bing and Yandex as structured data; any URL as Markdown or HTML with bot detection, CAPTCHA solving and proxy rotation handled automatically; structured JSON from major platforms such as Amazon, YouTube and Reddit; and browser automation. It runs hosted or locally, with a free tier of 5,000 requests a month.

Bright Data MCP is listed in this index written primarily in JavaScript, with 2.7k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in November 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.

Before connecting: access and data

This record's specific permissions have not been reviewed by ASE. Read the publisher's documentation before copying setup or connecting.

  • List the accounts, files and services the enabled tools can read, change or execute. Check your actual credentials and discovered tools.
  • Use narrowly scoped credentials and read-only mode where supported. Review proposed writes before approving them; a generated configuration does not apply these limits for you.
  • Local launch is not local-only data processing. External services receive requests, and your client may pass tool results to its model provider. Check both destinations before sharing private data.
  • Keep keys and browser session files out of shared config, repositories and screenshots. Know how to disconnect the server and separately revoke its credentials or account sessions.

Read the setup guide →

Add Bright Data MCP to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand. Replace <your-api-token> with your own value first.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal
claude mcp add brightdata-mcp -e 'API_TOKEN=<your-api-token>' -- npx @brightdata/mcp
Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Codex~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.brightdata-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["@brightdata/mcp"]
env = { API_TOKEN = "<your-api-token>" }

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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