Bright Data Web MCP Server

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Bright Data Web MCP Server connects Claude and other MCP clients to Bright Data-backed web access tools. The default server surface includes search and markdown scraping tools, while optional groups enable browser automation, ecommerce, social, finance, business, app store, travel, research, GEO, and code package-data workflows.

The package is published as @brightdata/mcp and runs as a stdio MCP server with API_TOKEN configured. The upstream server.json documents the required API token and optional environment variables for zones, pro mode, tool groups, tool allowlists, polling timeout, request timeout, retries, and rate limiting.

Source Review

• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/README.md
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/package.json
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/server.js
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/tool_groups.js
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/server.json
• https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE
• https://registry.npmjs.org/%40brightdata%2Fmcp
• https://brightdata.com/ai/mcp-server

These sources were reviewed on 2026-06-05. Prefer the live repository, README, package metadata, server source, tool group definitions, server manifest, license, NPM registry metadata, and Bright Data documentation for current package versions, API-token requirements, tool groups, plan details, pricing, and usage limits.

Features

• Search Google, Bing, or Yandex through a Bright Data-backed search tool.
• Scrape single pages as markdown and run batch scraping when enabled.
• Enable browser automation tools for navigation, snapshots, screenshots, clicks, form filling, scrolling, network requests, text, and HTML extraction.
• Enable ecommerce, social, finance, business, app store, travel, research, GEO, or code tool groups.
• Query npm and PyPI package metadata through the code tool group.
• Use GROUPS or TOOLS to restrict the exposed tool set.
• Use RATE_LIMIT, timeout, and retry environment variables to bound runtime behavior.
• Run as a local stdio MCP server through npx @brightdata/mcp.

Installation

Create a Bright Data API token, then configure the stdio MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bright-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "YOUR_BRIGHT_DATA_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

For coding-agent package lookup and research workflows, keep the exposed tool surface narrow:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bright-data": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "YOUR_BRIGHT_DATA_API_TOKEN",
        "GROUPS": "code,research",
        "RATE_LIMIT": "100/1h"
      }
    }
  }
}

Enable higher-impact groups only after reviewing Bright Data plan terms, request costs, and the target websites or datasets.

Use Cases

• Ask Claude to retrieve current search results for a research topic.
• Scrape a public webpage as markdown for summarization or extraction.
• Check npm or PyPI package metadata without leaving a coding workflow.
• Compare public ecommerce listings or travel data when permitted by policy and plan terms.
• Run browser automation against public pages through a Bright Data-backed browser group.
• Monitor public brand visibility outputs from supported LLM insight tools.

Safety and Privacy

Bright Data Web MCP Server gives an agent access to live web collection and dataset APIs. Keep scraping and browser automation within legal, contractual, and organizational policy boundaries, especially for sites with personal data, authentication gates, rate limits, or anti-abuse controls.

Use the smallest tool group that fits the task. The base search and markdown scraping tools have a different cost and risk profile than browser automation, data-product, social, or batch tools. Keep API_TOKEN and any account-specific zone configuration out of repositories, and add local rate limits before letting agents perform open-ended browsing or scraping.

Duplicate Check

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• Source repositorygithub.com 2026-07-21T07:17:01+00:00
• Documentationbrightdata.com
• Submitted by oktofeesh12026-06-05