--- ## 🌟 Overview **The Web MCP** is your gateway to giving AI assistants true web capabilities. No more outdated responses, no more "I can't access real-time information" - just seamless, reliable web access that actually works. Built by [Bright Data](https://brightdata.com), the world's #1 web data platform, this MCP server ensures your AI never gets blocked, rate-limited, or served CAPTCHAs. --- ## 🎯 Perfect For - 🔍 **Real-time Research** - Get current prices, news, and live data - 🛍️ **E-commerce Intelligence** - Monitor products, prices, and availability - 📊 **Market Analysis** - Track competitors and industry trends - 🤖 **AI Agents** - Build agents that can actually browse the web - 📝 **Content Creation** - Access up-to-date information for writing - 🎓 **Academic Research** - Gather data from multiple sources efficiently --- ## ⚡ Quick Start **Use the configuration wizard:** 

📡 Use our hosted server - No installation needed!

Perfect for users who want zero setup. Just add this URL to your MCP client: ``` https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN_HERE ``` **Setup in Claude Desktop:** 1. Go to: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector 2. Name: `Bright Data Web` 3. URL: `https://mcp.brightdata.com/mcp?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN` 4. Click "Add" and you're done! ✨

Run locally on your machine

```json { "mcpServers": { "Bright Data": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"], "env": { "API_TOKEN": "" } } } } ``` --- ## 🚀 Pricing & Modes

⚡ Rapid Mode (Free tier)	💎 Pro Mode	🔧 Custom Mode
$0/month 5,000 requests ✅ Web Search ✅ Scraping with Web unlocker ❌ Browser Automation ❌ Web data tools Default Mode	Pay-as-you-go Everything in rapid plus 60+ tools ✅ Browser Control ✅ Web Data APIs PRO_MODE=true	Usage-based Pick the tools you need ✅ Combine tool groups ✅ Add individual tools ❌ Overrides Pro eligibility GROUPS="browser" TOOLS="scrape_as_html"

> **💡 Note:** Pro mode is **not included** in the free tier and incurs > additional charges based on usage. --- ## 🧠 Advanced Tool Selection - `GROUPS` lets you enable curated tool bundles. Use comma-separated group IDs such as `ecommerce,browser`. - `TOOLS` adds explicit tool names on top of the selected groups. - Mode priority: `PRO_MODE=true` (all tools) → `GROUPS` / `TOOLS` (whitelist) → default rapid mode (base toolkit). - Base tools always enabled: `search_engine`, `search_engine_batch`, `scrape_as_markdown`, `scrape_batch`. - Group ID `custom` is reserved; use `TOOLS` for bespoke picks.

Group ID	Description	Featured tools
ecommerce	Retail and marketplace datasets	web_data_amazon_product, web_data_walmart_product, web_data_google_shopping
social	Social, community, and creator insights	web_data_linkedin_posts, web_data_tiktok_posts, web_data_youtube_videos
browser	Bright Data Scraping Browser automation tools	scraping_browser_snapshot, scraping_browser_click_ref, scraping_browser_screenshot
finance	Financial intelligence datasets	web_data_yahoo_finance_business
business	Company and location intelligence datasets	web_data_crunchbase_company, web_data_zoominfo_company_profile, web_data_zillow_properties_listing
research	News and developer data feeds	web_data_github_repository_file, web_data_reuter_news
app_stores	App store data	web_data_google_play_store, web_data_apple_app_store
travel	Travel information	web_data_booking_hotel_listings
advanced_scraping	Batch and AI-assisted extraction helpers	search_engine_batch, scrape_batch, extract

### Claude Desktop example ```json { "mcpServers": { "Bright Data": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@brightdata/mcp"], "env": { "API_TOKEN": "", "GROUPS": "browser,advanced_scraping", "TOOLS": "extract" } } } } ``` --- ## ✨ Features ### 🔥 Core Capabilities

🔍 Smart Web Search Google-quality results optimized for AI	📄 Clean Markdown AI-ready content extraction
🌍 Global Access Bypass geo-restrictions automatically	🛡️ Anti-Bot Protection Never get blocked or rate-limited
🤖 Browser Automation Control real browsers remotely (Pro)	⚡ Lightning Fast Optimized for minimal latency

### 🎯 Example Queries That Just Work ```yaml ✅ "What's Tesla's current stock price?" ✅ "Find the best-rated restaurants in Tokyo right now" ✅ "Get today's weather forecast for New York" ✅ "What movies are releasing this week?" ✅ "What are the trending topics on Twitter today?" ``` --- ## 🎬 Demos > **Note:** These videos show earlier versions. New demos coming soon! 🎥

View Demo Videos

### Basic Web Search Demo https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/59f6ebba-801a-49ab-8278-1b2120912e33 ### Advanced Scraping Demo https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/61ab0bee-fdfa-4d50-b0de-5fab96b4b91d [📺 More tutorials on YouTube →](https://github.com/brightdata-com/brightdata-mcp/blob/main/examples/README.md)

--- ## 🔧 Available Tools ### ⚡ Rapid Mode Tools (Default - Free) | Tool | Description | Use ---