How to connect Brightdata to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to Brightdata MCP. Download all product listings from this ecommerce site, check crawl status for your recent job, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Brightdata is a leading web data platform offering advanced scraping, SERP APIs, and anti-bot tools. It lets you collect public web data at scale, bypassing blocks and friction.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your Brightdata account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to download all product listings from this ecommerce site, check crawl status for your recent job, perform Google SERP search for latest news, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting Brightdata to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your Brightdata account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to Brightdata or give it any Brightdata-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "Download all product listings from this ecommerce site"
  • "Check crawl status for your recent job"
  • "Perform Google SERP search for latest news"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your Brightdata account is ready to use.

What is the Brightdata Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The Brightdata MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Brightdata account. It provides structured and secure access to Brightdata’s web data platform, so your agent can trigger site crawls, run SERP searches, filter and download datasets, and manage proxy endpoints on your behalf.

  • Automated site crawling and extraction: Start large-scale crawl jobs across multiple web pages or entire domains, letting your agent collect structured data from the internet with just a prompt.
  • Access to pre-made marketplace scrapers: Browse and select from Brightdata’s collection of pre-built scrapers for popular websites, making it easy to gather structured data without building your own scrapers from scratch.
  • Filtered dataset generation and download: Apply custom filters to datasets, check crawl job status, and retrieve the exact data you need by downloading processed results once ready.
  • Powerful SERP and web unlocker tools: Perform real-time SERP searches across various engines and leverage web unlocker zones to bypass anti-bot protections and scrape challenging websites.
  • Proxy zone and location management: List available proxy zones, cities, and countries to configure how and where your data collection jobs run, optimizing for speed and success.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for Brightdata?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each Brightdata conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to Brightdata again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before Brightdata connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for Brightdata.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect Brightdata.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the Brightdata authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your Brightdata account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the Brightdata connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh Brightdata authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the Brightdata sign-in.

4. Why do Brightdata actions fail after they worked before?

The Brightdata connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the Brightdata connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the Brightdata account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in Brightdata.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in Brightdata itself.

5. How do I switch to a different Brightdata account?

Claude can manage the Brightdata connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current Brightdata account.
  • Ask Claude to connect Brightdata again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for Brightdata.
  • Sign in with the other Brightdata account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the Brightdata task.

6. Why is my Brightdata connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your Brightdata connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click and click Clear cache.
  • If Brightdata tools still do not appear, click , disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect Brightdata.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Brightdata action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Trigger Site Crawl

Tool to trigger an asynchronous site crawl job to extract content across multiple pages or entire domains.

Browse Available Scrapers

Tool to list all available pre-made scrapers (datasets) from Bright Data's marketplace.

Filter Dataset

Tool to apply custom filter criteria to a marketplace dataset (BETA).

Get Available Cities

Tool to get available static network cities for a given country.

Get Available Countries

Tool to list available countries and their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.

Download Scraped Data

Tool to retrieve the scraped data from a completed crawl job by snapshot ID.

Check Crawl Status

Tool to check the processing status of a crawl job using snapshot ID.

List Unlocker Zones

Tool to list your configured Web Unlocker zones and proxy endpoints.

SERP Search

Tool to perform SERP (Search Engine Results Page) searches across different search engines using Bright Data's SERP Scrape API.

Web Unlocker

Tool to bypass bot detection, captcha, and other anti-scraping measures to extract content from websites.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Brightdata MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Brightdata tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Brightdata and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Brightdata tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Brightdata scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Brightdata data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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