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Hosted MCP

1

Get your API token

  1. Go to Bright Data user settings
  2. Copy your API token (it looks like: 2dceb1aa0***************************)
2

Configure your MCP server

from crewai import Agent, Task, Crew
from crewai_tools import MCPServerAdapter
import os


server_params = {
    "url": "https://mcp.brightdata.com/sse?token=API_TOKEN",
    "transport": "sse"
}

try:
    with MCPServerAdapter(server_params) as mcp_tools:
        print(f"Available tools: {[tool.name for tool in mcp_tools]}")
        
        my_agent = Agent(
            role="Web Scraping Specialist",
            goal="Extract data from websites using Bright Data tools",
            backstory="I am an expert at web scraping and data extraction using MCP tools.",
            tools=mcp_tools,
            verbose=True,
            llm="gpt-4o-mini",
        )
        
        task = Task(
            description="Search for flights from New York to San Francisco and provide a summary of what you found. Use the search_engine tool to find flight information and return the results in a clear format.",
            expected_output="A clear summary of available flights from New York to San Francisco, including key details like airlines, times, and prices if available.",
            agent=my_agent
        )
        
        crew = Crew(
            agents=[my_agent],
            tasks=[task],
            verbose=True
        )
        
        result = crew.kickoff()
        print("\n=== RESULT ===")
        print(result)
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error connecting to MCP server: {e}")
    print("Make sure you have:")
    print("1. Set your BRIGHT_DATA_API_KEY environment variable")
    print("2. Installed the Bright Data MCP server: npm install -g @bright_data/mcp-server-bright-data")
    print("3. Have Node.js installed on your system")
3

Test it works

  1. Run your CrewAI script with the flight search task
  2. The agent will use Bright Data tools to search for flight information
  3. You should see results with flight details
4

Monitor usage

  1. View your API usage at My Zones in your Bright Data dashboard
  2. Your free tier includes 5,000 requests per month