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Brightdata MCP Server

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

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

Security Report

4.2
Use Caution4.2High Risk

The MCP server is a legitimate web scraping/data fetching tool from Bright Data with proper authentication via API tokens. The code demonstrates good security practices for credential handling and input validation. However, there are moderate concerns around broad network permissions, potential for sensitive data exposure through web scraping operations, and some code quality issues that should be addressed. The server's purpose as a web data platform justifies most permissions, but users should be aware of the data exfiltration risks inherent to its design. Supply chain analysis found 8 known vulnerabilities in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity). Package verification found 1 issue.

3 files analyzed · 17 issues found

Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

env_vars

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process_spawn

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What You'll Need

Set these up before or after installing:

Your API key for Bright DataRequired

Environment variable: API_TOKEN

Your unlocker zone nameOptional

Environment variable: WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE

Your browser zone nameOptional

Environment variable: BROWSER_ZONE

To enable PRO_MODE - set to trueOptional

Environment variable: PRO_MODE

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

Environment variable: GROUPS

Comma-separated tool names to enableOptional

Environment variable: TOOLS

Polling timeout in seconds for web_data_* tools (default: 600)Optional

Environment variable: POLLING_TIMEOUT

Request timeout in seconds for base tools (search & scrape). No limit if unsetOptional

Environment variable: BASE_TIMEOUT

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

Environment variable: BASE_MAX_RETRIES

How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-brightdata-brightdata-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "TOOLS": "your-tools-here",
        "GROUPS": "your-groups-here",
        "PRO_MODE": "your-pro-mode-here",
        "API_TOKEN": "your-api-token-here",
        "BASE_TIMEOUT": "your-base-timeout-here",
        "BROWSER_ZONE": "your-browser-zone-here",
        "POLLING_TIMEOUT": "your-polling-timeout-here",
        "BASE_MAX_RETRIES": "your-base-max-retries-here",
        "WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE": "your-web-unlocker-zone-here"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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