brightdata-mcp

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add brightdata-mcp -e API_TOKEN=... -e WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE=... -e BROWSER_ZONE=... -e PRO_MODE=... -e GROUPS=... -e TOOLS=... -e POLLING_TIMEOUT=... -e BASE_TIMEOUT=... -e BASE_MAX_RETRIES=... -- npx -y @brightdata/mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "...",
        "WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE": "...",
        "BROWSER_ZONE": "...",
        "PRO_MODE": "...",
        "GROUPS": "...",
        "TOOLS": "...",
        "POLLING_TIMEOUT": "...",
        "BASE_TIMEOUT": "...",
        "BASE_MAX_RETRIES": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Bright Data's Web MCP server enabling AI agents to search, extract & navigate the web

Questions

brightdata-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @brightdata/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add brightdata-mcp -e API_TOKEN=... -e WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE=... -e BROWSER_ZONE=... -e PRO_MODE=... -e GROUPS=... -e TOOLS=... -e POLLING_TIMEOUT=... -e BASE_TIMEOUT=... -e BASE_MAX_RETRIES=... -- npx -y @brightdata/mcp

Run: codex mcp add brightdata-mcp --env API_TOKEN=... --env WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE=... --env BROWSER_ZONE=... --env PRO_MODE=... --env GROUPS=... --env TOOLS=... --env POLLING_TIMEOUT=... --env BASE_TIMEOUT=... --env BASE_MAX_RETRIES=... -- npx -y @brightdata/mcp

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