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Tavily Search MCP

LLM-tuned web search via Tavily.

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Best for

Best for AI agent builders who need web search tuned for LLM context.

At a glance

Pricing
open-source
Setup time
10 minutes
Learning curve
easy
Last verified
5/27/2026

What we love

  • ✓Tavily-maintained
  • ✓Built for LLM agents
  • ✓Generous free tier

Where it falls short

  • −Per-call cost beyond free tier
  • −Younger than Exa
  • −Smaller index

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install
shell
npx -y mcp-remote https://tavily.run.tools
Config — Claude Desktop
json
{
  "mcpServers":{"Tavily":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","mcp-remote","https://tavily.run.tools"]}}
}
Config — Claude Code
shell
claude mcp add --transport http Tavily https://tavily.run.tools

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 14, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

$0

perpetual

  • ✓MIT

Overview

MCP server for Tavily Search — search optimized for LLM consumption, context extraction, page summaries. Tavily API key.

Key features

  • ●LLM-tuned search
  • ●Context extraction
  • ●Page summaries
  • ●Topic-aware
  • ●API key

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

  • tavily_search
    Web search via Tavily; news, facts, data beyond knowledge cutoff.
  • tavily_extract
    Extract content from URLs as markdown or text.
  • tavily_crawl
    Crawl a website from a starting URL with depth and breadth controls.
  • tavily_map
    Map a website's URL structure from a base URL.
  • tavily_research
    Comprehensive research on a topic across multiple sources.
  • tavily_skill
    Search documentation for any library, API, or tool.

Best use cases

Agentic web search

Power AI agents' web-research step with LLM-tuned results.

Topic-scoped research

Use Tavily's topic-aware search for focused research.

Integrations

Tavily
OpenAI
Anthropic
LangChain
LlamaIndex

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