MCP ServerSTDIOOfficialv2.9.4

brightdata-mcp MCP Server

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

io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp

Hosted URL

https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp

Transport

STDIO

Auth

1 required env var

What the brightdata-mcp MCP server does

How models use it and what it is built for.

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

Connect to brightdata-mcp

Hosted endpoint — paste into any MCP client.

https://github.com/brightdata/brightdata-mcp

Environment variables

Configuration this server reads at startup.

  • API_TOKENRequiredSecret

    Your API key for Bright Data

  • WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE

    Your unlocker zone name

  • BROWSER_ZONE

    Your browser zone name

  • PRO_MODE

    To enable PRO_MODE - set to true

  • GROUPS

    Comma-separated tool group IDs (e.g., 'ecommerce,browser')

  • TOOLS

    Comma-separated tool names to enable

  • POLLING_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 unset

  • BASE_MAX_RETRIES

    Max retries for base tools on transient errors (0-3, default: 0)

Resources

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