Brightdata Mcp

Overview

Brightdata Mcp is a Model Context Protocol server from Bright Data that gives AI agents the ability to search, extract, and navigate the web. Once connected to your AI assistant, it exposes web operations as callable tools, letting language models perform real-time research and data gathering on your behalf.

The server runs locally via the npm package @brightdata/mcp. Install it with npx -y @brightdata/mcp and configure it using the API_TOKEN environment variable to authenticate with Bright Data's infrastructure. Version v2.11.1 is available now under the MIT license, with full source code on GitHub at brightdata/brightdata-mcp, where the project has gained over 2600 stars.

Brightdata Mcp belongs in the AI & Agents category and works with MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Zed. If you maintain this server, claim your listing here to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata_mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires API_TOKEN