Bright Data's MCP server gives agents search engine results, page scraping with bot-detection bypass, platform-specific structured extractors and remote browser automation. It offers a hosted endpoint with an API token or a local npx package, with a free monthly request tier.
Connect
- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp as the MCP server URL. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add bright-data --url https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp --bearer-token-env-var API_TOKEN
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Tools 11
search_enginesearch_engine_batchscrape_as_markdownscrape_as_htmlscrape_batchweb_data_amazon_productweb_data_amazon_product_reviewsscraping_browser_navigatescraping_browser_snapshotscraping_browser_screenshotsession_statsThings to ask
- “Search Google for 'best CRM for startups' and return the top results”
- “Scrape this Amazon product page as markdown”
- “Get reviews for this Amazon product”
- “Open a browser, go to this page and take a screenshot”