# brightdata-cli

> Claude/Codex skill by [@brightdata](https://omgskills.com/library/brightdata/index.md) · 266 stars · Updated 2026-10-15

Guide for using the Bright Data CLI (\`brightdata\` / \`bdata\`) to scrape websites, search the web, run thousands of pre-built scrapers for structured data, 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.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/brightdata/skills /tmp/skills && ln -s /tmp/skills/skills/brightdata-cli ~/.claude/skills/brightdata-cli
```

## From README

Bright 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. If the CLI is not installed yet, guide the user: macOS / Linux: Windows or manual (any platform): Without installing (one-off ): Requires Node.js \>= 20. After , both brightdata and bdata (shorthand) are available. First-Time Before anything else, check if the user is authenticated. If they haven't logged in yet, guide them through the one-time This single command: Opens the browser for secure OAuth authentication Saves the API key locally (never needs to be entered again) Auto-creates required proxy zones (cliunlocker, clibrowser) Sets default configuration After login, every subsequent command works without any manual intervention.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/brightdata/skills/brightdata-cli/
- GitHub: https://github.com/brightdata/skills
- Author: [@brightdata](https://omgskills.com/library/brightdata/index.md)

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