Tavily MCP Server

MCPOfficialOpen SourceMIT80.1

by tavily-ai • Search & Retrieval

An MCP server that provides web search, extraction, mapping and crawling tools for agents to access and structure live web content.

Example Use Cases

1
Perform real-time web searches and retrieve up-to-date results via the tavily-search tool.
2
Extract structured data and important fields from arbitrary web pages using the tavily-extract tool.
3
Create site maps, crawl websites systematically, and gather content for knowledge graphs or downstream QA.

Description

Tavily MCP Server exposes tools for real-time web search, intelligent data extraction, website mapping, and systematic crawling. It can be run locally or connected to Tavily's remote MCP endpoint, and integrates with clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP-compatible tools. The server requires a Tavily API key and is intended to let agents fetch up-to-date web content and convert pages into structured data for downstream applications.

Capabilities(5 total)

Tools (5)

tavily_search

Search the web for current information on any topic. Use for news, facts, or data beyond your knowledge cutoff. Returns snippets and source URLs.

query:string*search_depth:stringtopic:stringtime_range:stringstart_date:stringend_date:stringmax_results:numberinclude_images:booleaninclude_image_descriptions:booleaninclude_raw_content:booleaninclude_domains:arrayexclude_domains:arraycountry:stringinclude_favicon:boolean

tavily_extract

Extract content from URLs. Returns raw page content in markdown or text format.

urls:array*extract_depth:stringinclude_images:booleanformat:stringinclude_favicon:booleanquery:string

tavily_crawl

Crawl a website starting from a URL. Extracts content from pages with configurable depth and breadth.

url:string*max_depth:integermax_breadth:integerlimit:integerinstructions:stringselect_paths:arrayselect_domains:arrayallow_external:booleanextract_depth:stringformat:stringinclude_favicon:boolean

tavily_map

Map a website's structure. Returns a list of URLs found starting from the base URL.

url:string*max_depth:integermax_breadth:integerlimit:integerinstructions:stringselect_paths:arrayselect_domains:arrayallow_external:boolean

tavily_research

Perform comprehensive research on a given topic or question. Use this tool when you need to gather information from multiple sources to answer a question or complete a task. Returns a detailed response based on the research findings.

input:string*model:string

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Scanned 3 month(s) ago

Risk Level

MINIMAL

Read-only data retrieval, no side effects

Trust Score

C53/100

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Service TypeMCP

Pricing ModelFreemium

Capabilities5 Tools / 0 Prompts / 0 Resources

Ownertavily-ai

CategorySearch & Retrieval

DependenciesStandalone

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