brightdata-cli
SkillGuide 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/Linke
Install
git clone https://github.com/brightdata/skills.git ~/.claude/skills/brightdata-cliWhat is brightdata-cli?
Guide 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.
What this can do
Capabilities declared in this component's own frontmatter — not inferred.
Inherit all session tools
Declares no tool restrictions — inherits every session tool
~153 tokens of context used while enabled, before you invoke anything
Documentation
README · ~5 min readBright Data CLI
The Bright Data CLI (brightdata or bdata) gives you full access to Bright Data's web data platform from the terminal. It handles authentication, proxy zones, anti-bot bypass, CAPTCHA solving, and JavaScript rendering automatically — the user just needs to log in once.
Installation
If the CLI is not installed yet, guide the user:
macOS / Linux:
curl -fsSL https://cli.brightdata.com/install.sh | bash
Windows or manual install (any platform):
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