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brightdata mcp for Claude Desktop

io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp

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

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install brightdata mcp in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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