# bright-data-mcp

This skill routes every web data task in Claude through the Bright Data MCP server instead of the built-in WebFetch and WebSearch. Useful when pages block bots or you want clean JSON.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 722 installs
- Author: Bright Data
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/web-data/bright-data-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/bright-data-mcp

## What it does

The skill tells the agent which Bright Data MCP tool to call for a given job: search, page reading, structured data from supported platforms, browser automation. It ships a decision tree and a full tool reference in `references/mcp-tools.md`, plus connection steps in `references/mcp-setup.md`.

Two modes. Rapid is the default and covers `search_engine`, `scrape_as_markdown` and their batch variants. Pro unlocks more tools, among them `web_data_*` for Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, and the `scraping_browser_*` set; it needs the `pro=1` parameter on the remote MCP URL.

Check that the MCP server is connected before the first call — in Claude it has to be configured in your settings. No connection, no skill: the agent falls back to built-in tools. One thing to weigh: the skill explicitly forbids falling back to WebFetch or WebSearch, so on a team that mandates built-in tools only, that's worth a look before you install.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill web-data/bright-data-mcp
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill bright-data-mcp -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/bright-data-mcp/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/bright-data-mcp/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/bright-data-mcp/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/bright-data-mcp/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates bright-data-mcp
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/bright-data-mcp/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/web-data/bright-data-mcp
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/bright-data-mcp/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/web-data/bright-data-mcp

## When to use it
- pull data from a site that blocks ordinary requests
- get structured JSON instead of parsing markdown by hand
- run up to ten search queries in one call
- collect content from several URLs in a batch
- click and type through a page when plain reading is not enough

## Example prompts
- Use Bright Data MCP to collect reviews for this Amazon product and return a table of ratings
- Search the web for recent articles about this framework with search_engine and save the links to a file
- Open the product page in the Bright Data browser, click the size selector and grab the price

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