Bright Data CLI
Skill VerifiedGuide for using the Bright Data CLI (`brightdata` / `bdata`) to scrape websites, search the web, extract structured data from 40+ platforms, manage proxy zones, and check account budget. Use this skill whenever the user wants to scrape a URL, search Google/Bing/Yandex, extract data from Amazon/LinkedIn/Instagram/TikTok/YouTube/Reddit or any other platform, check their Bright Data balance or zones, or do anything involving web data collection from the terminal. Also trigger when the user mentions brightdata, bdata, web scraping CLI, SERP API, or wants to install Bright Data skills into their coding agent.
This extension provides a command-line interface for Bright Data's web data platform, enabling users to scrape URLs, search engines, and extract structured data from over 40 platforms. It also facilitates proxy zone management and budget checking directly from the terminal.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add brightdata/skills/plugin install brightdata-plugin@brightdata-pluginsSimilar Extensions
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Python SDK Best Practices
98Web data extraction and discovery using the Bright Data Python SDK. Use when user asks to "scrape", "get data from", "extract", "search for", or "find" information from websites. Also use when user mentions specific platforms like Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, Zillow, Crunchbase, or DigiKey, or asks for "bulk data", "historical data", or "dataset". Covers scraping, searching, datasets, and browser automation.
Bright Data — Search
95Search the web via the Bright Data CLI — `bdata search` for Google/Bing/Yandex SERP, `bdata discover` for intent-ranked semantic results. Use when the user wants SERP results, needs URLs to feed into scraping, or wants semantic web discovery with optional page content. Hands off to `scrape` once target URLs are chosen, and to `data-feeds` when the user wants structured data from a known platform. Requires the Bright Data CLI; proactively guides install + login if missing.
Bright Data MCP
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Bright Data Plugin for Claude Code
95Build production-ready Bright Data integrations with best practices baked in. Reference documentation for developers using coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) to implement web scraping, search, browser automation, and structured data extraction. Covers Web Unlocker API, SERP API, Web Scraper API, and Browser API (Scraping Browser).
Bright Data — Scrape
90Scrape web content as clean markdown/HTML/JSON via the Bright Data CLI (`bdata scrape`). Use when the user wants to fetch a page, extract content from a list of URLs, or crawl paginated listings. Hands off to `data-feeds` for supported platforms (Amazon, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, etc.) and to `search` when URLs must be discovered first. Requires the Bright Data CLI; proactively guides install + login if missing.