How to install brightdata-mcp in Cursor

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

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Steps

1Install Node.js 18 or newer (for npx)
2Open .cursor/mcp.json in your project (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects)
3Add the entry below. If the file already has "mcpServers", add just the inner entry
4Check Cursor Settings → MCP and enable the server

Configuration

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brightdata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brightdata/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_TOKEN": "<your-api-token>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets. Optional settings are listed below.

Environment variable	Required	What it is
API_TOKENsecret	Yes	Your API key for Bright Data
WEB_UNLOCKER_ZONE	No	Your unlocker zone name
BROWSER_ZONE	No	Your browser zone name
GROUPS	No	Comma-separated tool group IDs (e.g., 'ecommerce,browser')
TOOLS	No	Comma-separated tool names to enable
BASE_TIMEOUT	No	Request timeout in seconds for base tools (search & scrape). No limit if unset
BASE_MAX_RETRIES	No	Max retries for base tools on transient errors (0-3, default: 0)

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