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brightdata-mcp
Bright Data's Web MCP server enabling AI agents to search, extract & navigate the web
Topics: Search & Data Extraction
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Review any command before running it. Package names and URLs come from the server's own registry entry.
Package (npm 2.11.3)
npx -y @brightdata/mcp@2.11.3
Or add to your MCP client config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"brightdata-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@brightdata/mcp@2.11.3"
],
"env": {
"API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"BROWSER_ZONE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"PRO_MODE": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"GROUPS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"TOOLS": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"POLLING_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"BASE_TIMEOUT": "<YOUR_VALUE>",
"BASE_MAX_RETRIES": "<YOUR_VALUE>"
}
}
}
}
API_TOKENrequired secret — Your API key for Bright DataWEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE— Your unlocker zone nameBROWSER_ZONE— Your browser zone namePRO_MODE— To enable PRO_MODE - set to trueGROUPS— Comma-separated tool group IDs (e.g., 'ecommerce,browser')TOOLS— Comma-separated tool names to enablePOLLING_TIMEOUT— Polling timeout in seconds for web_data_* tools (default: 600)BASE_TIMEOUT— Request timeout in seconds for base tools (search & scrape). No limit if unsetBASE_MAX_RETRIES— Max retries for base tools on transient errors (0-3, default: 0)
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