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
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
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