{"slug": "bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update", "title": "Bright Data MCP shipped an update", "summary": "Bright Data's official Model Context Protocol server, Bright Data MCP, now exposes 69 tools for AI agents, including Google, Bing and Yandex search results as structured data, URL-to-Markdown or HTML scraping with bot detection, CAPTCHA solving and proxy rotation, structured JSON extraction from Amazon, YouTube and Reddit, and browser automation. The server runs hosted or locally with a free tier of 5,000 requests a month, after which usage is billed by Bright Data, and the JavaScript repository has 2.7k GitHub stars with its latest recorded push in October 2026. The listing states its specific permissions have not been reviewed and advises narrowly scoped credentials, read-only mode where supported, and keeping API tokens and browser session files out of shared configs and repositories.", "body_md": "# Bright Data MCP\n\nWeb search, scraping with unblocking, structured extraction and browser automation for AI agents.\n\n## Sources and review\n\nChecked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.\n\nAgents that must reliably fetch public pages that block ordinary scrapers.\n\nYou need more than the free tier's 5,000 requests a month without paying; usage beyond it is billed by Bright Data.\n\n## About Bright Data MCP\n\nBright Data's official MCP server exposes 69 tools: search results from Google, Bing and Yandex as structured data; any URL as Markdown or HTML with bot detection, CAPTCHA solving and proxy rotation handled automatically; structured JSON from major platforms such as Amazon, YouTube and Reddit; and browser automation. It runs hosted or locally, with a free tier of 5,000 requests a month.\n\nBright Data MCP is listed in this index written primarily in JavaScript, with 2.7k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.\n\n## Before connecting: access and data\n\nThis record's specific permissions have not been reviewed by ASE. Read the publisher's documentation before copying setup or connecting.\n\n- List the accounts, files and services the enabled tools can read, change or execute. Check your actual credentials and discovered tools.\n- Use narrowly scoped credentials and read-only mode where supported. Review proposed writes before approving them; a generated configuration does not apply these limits for you.\n- Local launch is not local-only data processing. External services receive requests, and your client may pass tool results to its model provider. Check both destinations before sharing private data.\n- Keep keys and browser session files out of shared config, repositories and screenshots. Know how to disconnect the server and separately revoke its credentials or account sessions.\n\n## Add Bright Data MCP to your MCP client\n\nGenerated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand. Replace `<your-api-token>` with your own value first.\n\n## Claude Code\n\n```\nclaude mcp add brightdata-mcp -e 'API_TOKEN=<your-api-token>' -- npx @brightdata/mcp\n```\n\n## Cursor\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"brightdata-mcp\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\"@brightdata/mcp\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"API_TOKEN\": \"<your-api-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## VS Code\n\n```\n{\n  \"servers\": {\n    \"brightdata-mcp\": {\n      \"type\": \"stdio\",\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\"@brightdata/mcp\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"API_TOKEN\": \"<your-api-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Claude Desktop\n\n```\n{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"brightdata-mcp\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\"@brightdata/mcp\"],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"API_TOKEN\": \"<your-api-token>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\n## Codex\n\n```\n[mcp_servers.brightdata-mcp]\ncommand = \"npx\"\nargs = [\"@brightdata/mcp\"]\nenv = { API_TOKEN = \"<your-api-token>\" }\n```\n\n**Make your product part of the discovery.** Explore advertising\n## Bright Data MCP and related category tools\n\n[Alternatives guide →](https://agentsearchengine.app/alternatives/brightdata-mcp)\n\n| Record | Stars | Pricing |  |  | \n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Bright Data MCPthis listing | 2.7k | JavaScript | MIT | Costs not checked | \n| [Apify MCP Server](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/apify-mcp-server) | 12k | TypeScript | MIT | Costs not checked | \n| [Fetcher MCP](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/fetcher-mcp) | 1.1k | TypeScript | MIT | Costs not checked | \n| [Playwright MCP](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/playwright-mcp) | 38k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Costs not checked | \n| [Chrome MCP Server (mcp-chrome)](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/chrome-mcp-server) | 12k | TypeScript | MIT | Costs not checked | \n| [Playwright MCP Server (ExecuteAutomation)](https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/executeautomation-playwright-mcp) | 5.7k | TypeScript | MIT | Costs not checked |", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/brightdata-mcp", "published_at": "2026-10-19 11:53:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-19 13:15:24.498425+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "ai-tools", "ai-crawlers", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Bright Data", "Bright Data MCP", "Model Context Protocol", "GitHub", "Google", "Bing", "Yandex", "Amazon"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bright-data-mcp-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}