brightdata

The anti-bot problem, handled: proxies, SERP, and structured extraction at scale.

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Install

$ /plugin marketplace add brightdata/skills

/plugin install brightdata-plugin@brightdata-plugins. Start with agent-onboarding, which does install and OAuth first. Paid platform.

Best for

Price comparison, competitive intelligence, and RAG pipelines over sites that fight scrapers.

Not ideal for

Simple public-page fetching, where a crawl-to-markdown skill is lighter and free.

About this skill

Use when scraping sites that block ordinary requests — 21 skills covering proxy management, SERP search, structured extraction and remote-browser debugging through the Bright Data CLI and MCP, with an onboarding skill that handles install and OAuth before the first request.

ScrapingProxiesSERP

Score breakdown

Score breakdown

rubric 1.0
Install count
0/20
Provenance
12.8/15
GitHub stars
6.8/15
Recency
6/10
Compatibility
2/10
Documentation depth
8/10
Install ergonomics
7/10
License
5/5
Verification freshness
0.5/5

Composite 0–100 score derived from 9 verifiable signals. See the rubric →

Web scraping, search, and browser automation built to be agent-friendly.

ScrapingSearchWeb
All surfaces
Low3 min

Deterministic web control. ref-based clicks/fills, no flaky selectors, parallel sessions.

BrowserAutomationAction-taking
Code
Medium4 min

Headless browser as an agent tool. Navigate JS-heavy pages, fill forms, extract content.

HeadlessBrowserJS
Code
Medium5 min

Ranked #9 in Browser Automation

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Skill FAQ

About brightdata

What is the brightdata skill?

Use when scraping sites that block ordinary requests — 21 skills covering proxy management, SERP search, structured extraction and remote-browser debugging through the Bright Data CLI and MCP, with an onboarding skill that handles install and OAuth before the first request.

Which agents does brightdata work with?

Claude Code.

How do I install brightdata?

Run `/plugin marketplace add brightdata/skills` for Claude Code. See the install panel for per-agent commands.

Is brightdata free to use?

Yes — brightdata is open source (MIT).

Who maintains brightdata?

brightdata is published by Bright Data and was last updated on 2026-06-25.

What is brightdata best for?

Price comparison, competitive intelligence, and RAG pipelines over sites that fight scrapers.