Building Websites Faster: How to Use Bright Data MCP and Modern Code Plugins

The process of building websites has evolved significantly in recent years. Rather than manually coding everything from scratch or spending hours copying and pasting content, developers can now leverage powerful tools like MCPs (Model Code Plugins) to streamline their workflow and dramatically speed up development time.

What are MCPs?

MCPs are plugins for your code editor that give it superpowers. They allow your coding agent to use various tools and access different services directly from your development environment. This new approach represents a shift in how we interact with the web – increasingly through personal agents that browse and navigate for us rather than doing it manually ourselves.

Setting Up Your Project

The workflow begins with setting up a Next.js project in your preferred editor (in this case, Cursor). Once you have your development server running, you can take advantage of various MCPs:

• Bright Data: For scraping and pulling content from anywhere on the web
• Content 7: Helps your agent check relevant documentation
• Neon: Database integration
• Pexels: For importing quality images
• 21st Dev: A library of beautiful components for web design

The New Website Building Process

Instead of starting with WordPress, Webflow, or designing from scratch, this approach begins with research compilation. By creating a documentation folder with subfolders for research, you can use the Bright Data MCP to crawl and compile information about your client, including their recent posts and other online content.

With this research in place, you can prompt your AI tool to design a landing page that takes all this information into account. Within minutes, you can have a draft website that incorporates your client’s content without having to manually copy anything.

Enhancing Design with Component Libraries

Once you have the basic structure, you can use the 21st Dev MCP to improve specific sections of your design. The component builder will offer different variants to choose from, allowing you to quickly update and enhance your design without writing extensive CSS.

Building a Blog with Existing Content

For clients with existing blog content, Bright Data MCP can crawl their current blog, extract the last 10 posts, and save them as markdown files in your project folders. This content can then be used as the foundation for building a new blog section.

Using the Pexels MCP, you can also automatically add relevant images to your blog posts, creating a complete and visually appealing blog setup in minutes.

Setting Up a Database

To store blog posts and potentially build a CMS, you can use the Neon MCP to quickly set up a serverless database. Other options include Superbase, which offers extended features like authentication and image storage.

Setting Up Bright Data MCP

To use Bright Data MCP, you’ll need to:

1. Copy the setup code from GitHub
2. Add it to your MCP server setup
3. Get your API token from the Bright Data dashboard
4. Create a web unlocker to handle captures
5. Configure your setup with the correct strings and parameters

Benefits of This Approach

This workflow offers several advantages:

• Dramatically reduced development time
• No need to manually copy content
• Automated content crawling and extraction
• Easy integration of professional design components
• Simplified database setup
• Automatic image inclusion

With tools like Cursor continuously improving their capabilities, including max mode for all top models and the upcoming background agents feature, this development approach is only going to become more powerful and efficient over time.