Tavily

Search and data extraction built for AI assistants.

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What it connects

Adds Tavily search and extraction tools to MCP clients, returning clean, agent-ready results from the live web.

Capabilities

• Live web search
• Content extraction

Compatibility

Clients listed by publisher: Claude Code, Cursor

Configuration

Claude Code

claude mcp add tavily --env TAVILY_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY -- npx -y tavily-mcp@latest

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requirements

• Tavily API key

Source: https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp · Publisher: Tavily · ★ 2.5k on the source repo

Setup instructions and compatibility are compiled from publisher docs and community reports, not hands-on testing, unless a step is marked Tested. Check the source before relying on a setup.