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brightdata mcp for VS Code

io.github.brightdata/brightdata-mcp

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

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Install brightdata mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "api-token",
      "description": "API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "web-unlocker-zone",
      "description": "WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "browser-zone",
      "description": "BROWSER_ZONE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "pro-mode",
      "description": "PRO_MODE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "groups",
      "description": "GROUPS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tools",
      "description": "TOOLS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "polling-timeout",
      "description": "POLLING_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "base-timeout",
      "description": "BASE_TIMEOUT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "base-max-retries",
      "description": "BASE_MAX_RETRIES",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "brightdata-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "${input:api-token}",
        "WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE": "${input:web-unlocker-zone}",
        "BROWSER_ZONE": "${input:browser-zone}",
        "PRO_MODE": "${input:pro-mode}",
        "GROUPS": "${input:groups}",
        "TOOLS": "${input:tools}",
        "POLLING_TIMEOUT": "${input:polling-timeout}",
        "BASE_TIMEOUT": "${input:base-timeout}",
        "BASE_MAX_RETRIES": "${input:base-max-retries}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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