BrightLocal MCP Server and API by Cotlet
dev.cotlet/brightlocalVersion 1.0.2BrightLocal local SEO management MCP server: list locations, get rank tracker report.
Status
Responds248 msAnswered our handshake without sign-in.- Last checked
- Nov 14, 2026, 22:50 UTC
- Latency
- 248 ms
- Remotes responding
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- OAuth sign-in, API key
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- Hosted outside the EU (detected)
- Registry data as of
- Nov 14, 2026, 21:12 UTC
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Connect
Streamable HTTP
https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocalResponds248 msNo sign-in
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http brightlocal https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>'Replace <YOUR_TOKEN> before running.
Claude Desktop and claude.ai
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
Name: brightlocal
Remote MCP server URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal
This server expects the header Authorization.Cursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"brightlocal": {
"url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Replace <YOUR_TOKEN> before running.
VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"brightlocal","type":"http","url":"https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"}}'Replace <YOUR_TOKEN> before running.
Streamable HTTP
https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal/connectSign-in required249 msOAuth sign-in
Claude Code
This server asks for sign-in. Your client opens the sign-in when it connects.
claude mcp add --transport http brightlocal https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal/connectClaude Desktop and claude.ai
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
Name: brightlocal
Remote MCP server URL: https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal/connectCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"brightlocal": {
"url": "https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal/connect"
}
}
}VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"brightlocal","type":"http","url":"https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1/brightlocal/connect"}'Built your own server? run.zero hosts MCP servers on European infrastructure.
Tools
47 tools
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brightlocal_get_local_search_grid_reportGet local search grid report in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
brightlocal_get_rank_tracker_reportGet rank tracker report in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
brightlocal_list_locationsList locations in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
brightlocal_list_reviewsList reviews in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
brightlocal_re_run_reportRe-run report in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
brightlocal_update_rank_tracker_keywordsUpdate rank tracker keywords in the user's own BrightLocal account from ChatGPT, Claude or any AI agent. Returns how to do it in BrightLocal step by step (screens, buttons, fields) and opens nothing by itself; then do it with the cotlet_browser_* tools in the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser. BrightLocal's official API: BrightLocal has a REST API and an official MCP server, BrightLocal Anywhere. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
cotlet_app_guideHow to work in an app by clicking in the user's Cloud Browser with Cotlet's browser tools: which browser to use for this workspace and the sign-in link, the method step by step, the app's screens, menus and actions, notes, and the app's dedicated tools when Cotlet has them. Call it before the first browser step in an app. Works for any web app; one outside Cotlet's catalog gets the general method. Free, no browser session. For BrightLocal it covers these actions: List locations, Get rank tracker report, Get local search grid report, List reviews, Update rank tracker keywords, Re-run report. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
cotlet_appsThe apps of the user's workspace and whether each works now: the app account in the user's Cloud Browser (connected, signed out, signed in but not connected), and the one step the user has to take, with the console link. Free. Needs the user's Cotlet API key or sign-in. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
cotlet_browser_clickClicks element `element`, or point `x`, `y` of the screenshot; `double` double-clicks, `button: right` right-clicks. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. Says when nothing changed. A link that would open a new tab opens in this one. Buttons that pay or buy, and sign-in and account pages, are refused. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_closeEnds the browser session when the task is done: the browser keeps its cookies and sleeps, and the per-minute charge stops. Answers the session's minutes and credits. | No | No | Yes | No |
cotlet_browser_downloadGets the file that clicking `element` (a download link or button) or opening `url` starts, also an image or PDF it only opens: answers its name, type, size and a link valid 15 minutes; CSV, JSON and other text files also as text. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_dragDrags from one element or point to another: a card between columns, a piece on a board, a slider's handle. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_evaluateRuns a JavaScript function body on the page and answers what it returns, as JSON. Use it to extract data the page holds (a table, a list, attributes); act with the other tools. It cannot send requests, click, submit, or read cookies or storage; a filled field's value reads [hidden by Cotlet]. Example: return [...document.querySelectorAll('h2')].map(h => h.innerText) | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_fill_formFills several fields in one step: text fields take text, drop-downs an option's label, checkboxes, radios and switches true or false. Stops at the first field that fails and names those filled. Does not send the form: click its button after. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_findFinds `text` on the whole current page, frames included: the elements whose label holds it, with their numbers, and each line of text that holds it. Use it instead of reading or scrolling a long page for one thing. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_browser_hoverRests the pointer on an element or a point, to open a hover menu, a tooltip or a preview. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_browser_navigateOpens `url` in the current tab, or goes `history` back or forward. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | No | Yes | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_openStarts the user's BrightLocal Cloud Browser (a real Chrome on Cotlet, signed in to BrightLocal as the user; use it for what the BrightLocal tools do not cover) and opens `url`. Call it first. Only BrightLocal pages open. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. In BrightLocal it serves these actions: List locations, Get rank tracker report, Get local search grid report, List reviews, Update rank tracker keywords, Re-run report. | No | Yes | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_pressPresses a key on the focused element: Enter to send, Tab to the next field, Escape to close a pop-up, arrows in a list or slider, or one character (a site's shortcut). Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_readThe whole current page: its text (up to 20,000 characters) and a numbered list of its links, buttons, fields and other controls, open dialogs first. Use it on a new page or when a step's answer is not enough; `element` reads only inside one element (a dialog, a form, a list). Never returns field values, cookies or storage. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_browser_screenshotA JPEG of the visible part of the page. Use it for boards, canvases, maps, charts and layout that the text does not show, then click or drag by `x`, `y` of the image. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_browser_scrollScrolls with the mouse wheel: `down` or `up` by `screens`, to `top` or `bottom`, until `element` is in view, or inside a panel or list (`inside`). Content that loads on scroll appears. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_browser_selectChooses `option` (its label as listed, or its value) in drop-down `element`. For a home-made drop-down, click it, then click the option. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_typeTypes `text` into field `element`, replacing what it held; `submit` presses Enter after it. For several fields use fill_form. Without `element` the text goes where the focus is, as a person types after clicking: for spreadsheet cells and editors that read does not number (Google Sheets, Docs), click the place first; there a tab in `text` presses Tab and a line break Enter, so one call fills a table. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. Password, card and one-time code fields are refused: the user types them. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_uploadPuts files into file field or upload button `element`: each file is {"url": "https://..."} or {"file_id": "..."} of a file uploaded to Cotlet; up to 10 files, 20 MB each. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
cotlet_browser_waitWaits until `text` shows on the page (at most `seconds`, default 5, up to 20), or just `seconds`: for results that load slowly. Says whether the text appeared. Answers the page after it: the elements and text in view, with the same numbers. | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
cotlet_get_callStatus of an earlier Cotlet call, by its call_id: pending (waits for the owner's approval in the Cotlet console), approved, running, success, rejected, expired, blocked or failed. For a call that answered with status pending or running. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
cotlet_report_issueSends a report to the Cotlet team: a tool that failed or returned wrong data, an error you could not get past, or a step the browser could not do, with the page, the step and what you saw. A missing dedicated tool is not a problem to report: do the task in the browser. A feature the user asks for goes as feature_request. A report promises nothing: tell the user it was sent, never that something will be built or fixed, or when. The report carries the error text and call_id when there is one, never passwords or tokens. Needs the user's Cotlet API key or sign-in. | No | No | No | No |
cotlet_request_appsRequests access to apps for the user's workspace, as Request access in the console: every app is granted at once. Not needed to work in an app: the user's AI works in any web app in their Web browser with cotlet_app_guide. An app with dedicated tools gets them after the user signs in to it in their Cloud Browser. Access says nothing about whether a task works there: check that in the browser. Takes app slugs as listed at https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/apps. Free. Needs the user's Cotlet API key or sign-in. | No | No | Not declared | No |
cotlet_upload_fileReturns a one-time upload_url and a file_id for a local file (an image for a post, an attachment). The file is sent to upload_url with an HTTP PUT; an argument that takes a file accepts {"file_id": "..."}. Up to 25 MB, the URL works once. Free. Needs the user's Cotlet API key or sign-in. | No | No | Not declared | No |
cotlet_whoamiThe Cotlet account this connection acts as: email, workspace, access status, the API key or OAuth client in use with its scope, the apps the workspace may call, its credit balance, and the app the user signed up for with its first task and sign-in link. Free. Needs the user's Cotlet API key or sign-in. | No | Yes | Not declared | No |
get_citation_tracker_reportRead a Citation Tracker report: where the business is listed, missing, or listed with wrong NAP data. Returns the top-site coverage and citation score, name, address, postcode and phone accuracy counts, the competitors' citation counts and the citations themselves: site, type, authority, whether the business is listed and with which name, address and phone, the fields that do not match, duplicates and whether Citation Builder can submit to that site. Top sites first, then by authority. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
get_gbp_auditRead a location's Google Business Profile Audit: profile data, NAP check, local ranking factors. Returns the audited Google Business Profile (name, address, phone, website, category, description, verified, rating, reviews, photos, hours) and what changed since the last run, how the profile's name, address, postcode and phone match the location, local ranking factors, duplicates, recent reviews and, per keyword, the location's local rank with the top competitors. A location without a Google Business Profile has no audit: `audit` is null and `note` says what to set up. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
get_local_search_grid_reportRead a location's Local Search Grid: the Google Maps rank at each grid point, and competitors. Returns the grid (size, points, distance, center), the average rank over all keywords, each keyword's latest run (average rank, points ranked 1-3, 4-10, 11+), and for one keyword and run (the first keyword and the latest run unless given) the rank at every grid point and the top 10 competitors. A location without a Google Business Profile has no grid: `report` is null and `note` says what to set up. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
get_locationRead one location's business details: name, address, phone, website, category, hours, descriptions. Returns the record BrightLocal compares citations and listings against (NAP): business name, address, phones, website, category, contact person, short and long description, year founded, employees, payment methods, services and opening hours. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
get_rank_tracker_reportRead a Rank Tracker report: each keyword's position on Google, Maps and the local pack, with changes. Returns one run of the report (the latest unless run_id is given) against the run before it: per keyword the search volume and, per search engine, the rank (null = not in the top 50), previous rank, change and ranking URL; the keywords up, down, gained and lost; the competitors tracked. `runs` lists every run. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
get_review_summaryRead a location's star rating and review counts overall and per review site. Returns the average star rating and total reviews over all tracked sites, the count per star rating, and per site with a listing: its rating, total, new reviews, reviews in the last 30 days, this and last month and this year, and the profile link. A location without a Reputation Manager report (BrightLocal Grow plan) answers zeros and a note. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_active_sync_alertsList Active Sync alerts: changes found on a location's listings on other sites. Each alert is a field (name, address, phone, website, category, description) whose value on an external listing (Google Business Profile, Facebook, Bing, Apple Maps, Yelp) differs from the location's data in BrightLocal. Alerts appear only for locations with Active Sync connections. new_alerts counts the unseen ones. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_citation_builder_campaignsList Citation Builder campaigns with their status, from Saved to Submitting To Sites and Complete. One row per campaign: location, status (Saved, Reviewing Data, On Hold, Submitting To Sites, Live Listing Checks, Complete), payment date, number of listings ordered, data aggregators and alerts. Saved campaigns are not paid or submitted yet. location_id filters each page after BrightLocal returns it, so a page can come back short while next_cursor continues; total counts all campaigns. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_citation_tracker_reportsList Citation Tracker reports with their last run, live citations and competitor citations. One row per report: location, reference, schedule, last run, the number of live citations (found and indexed by Google) and of competitor citations (sites your competitors are listed on). Read a report with get_citation_tracker_report. 20 per page. location_id filters each page after BrightLocal returns it, so a page can come back short while next_cursor continues. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_local_search_grid_reportsList Local Search Grid reports: keywords, grid size and the average Google Maps rank across the grid. One row per report: location, keywords, schedule, last run, status, grid size and points, average rank over all keywords and its change, credits a manual re-run costs. Local Search Grid needs the location's Google Business Profile, so locations without one have no rows. location_id filters each page after BrightLocal returns it, so a page can come back short while next_cursor continues. Read a grid with get_local_search_grid_report. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_locationsList the locations in the account with their rank, citation and review metrics, as on All Locations. Returns each location with its location_id, name, reference, city, status (active or ad_hoc) and the metrics of the All Locations page: average Google position and its change, rankings up, down and new, Local Search Grid average, citation score, live citations, star rating, total and recent reviews, Active Sync alerts. `reports` says which tools have a report on the location. 50 per page. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_rank_tracker_reportsList Rank Tracker reports with their latest run and average Google position. One row per report: location, schedule (ad_hoc, weekly, monthly), date of the latest run, status, average Google position and its change, keywords and positions moved. average_google_position is null when no keyword ranks in the top 50. location_id filters each page after BrightLocal returns it, so a page can come back short while next_cursor continues; total counts all reports. Read a report with get_rank_tracker_report and its location_id. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
list_reviewsList a location's reviews from all tracked review sites, newest first, with rating, text and status. Returns reviews Reputation Manager collected for the location: date, star rating, reviewer, site, text, status (unread, action_required, do_not_respond, manually_responded, auto_responded, pending_removal, successfully_removed, removal_failed) and whether BrightLocal can post a reply (can_reply, needs a connected Google Business Profile or Facebook page). Filter by rating and site. A location without a Reputation Manager report (BrightLocal Grow plan, with the Google Business Profile or Facebook page connected) answers an empty list and a note. | No | Yes | Yes | No |
rerun_reportRun one of a location's reports now, as the Re-run button does. Starts a manual run of the location's report of that type, as the Re-run button does. A manual run uses one of the account's ad-hoc run credits; a Local Search Grid run also uses grid credits. After a trial ends BrightLocal stops runs. local_search_grid and gbp_audit need the location's Google Business Profile, reputation_manager needs Reputation Manager (Grow plan); without them the call is refused with the reason. The run takes minutes; read the report afterwards. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
respond_to_reviewPost a public reply to a review on Google or Facebook through BrightLocal. Publishes the text as the business's reply under the review on its site and marks the review Manually Responded. Only reviews with can_reply true in list_reviews accept a reply: the location needs a connected Google Business Profile or Facebook page. The reviewer and anyone reading the review see it. The review must be among the location's latest 1000. Waits for the owner's approval. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
update_rank_tracker_keywordsAdd or remove keywords tracked by a location's Rank Tracker report. Changes the keyword list of the location's Rank Tracker report and saves the report with its other settings unchanged. Up to 100 keywords per report. Keywords already tracked are not added twice. New keywords get positions on the next scheduled run, or now with rerun_report. | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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- Nov 10, 2026
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