mcp server

Tavily

Search, extract, map and crawl tools for LLM research powered by the Tavily API.

tavily-ai/tavily-mcpofficiallistedunreviewednot running here yet

Set up

Hosted by its author. Add the URL to your agent — nothing to install.

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: Tavily
URL:  https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

Tools provided

As listed by the project. Your agent asks before calling them, depending on its settings.

tavily-searchWeb search
tavily-extractExtract content from URLs

README

synced Oct 13, 2026

Tavily

Search, extract, map and crawl tools for LLM research powered by the Tavily API.

Install

Hosted endpoint:

https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/

npx -y tavily-mcp

Configuration

Variable	Required	Description
`TAVILY_API_KEY`	Yes	Tavily API key (remote endpoint also accepts OAuth)
`DEFAULT_PARAMETERS`	No	JSON of default search parameters

Tools

tavily-search — Web search
tavily-extract — Extract content from URLs

About this listing

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