MCP server

Tavily

MCP

Official Tavily MCP. Search, then extract.

Tavily’s own server. Web search with an extract step so the model isn’t guessing from titles.

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claude_desktop_config.json

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

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Spec

What the server actually exposes.

  • search

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    Tavily web search.

  • extract

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    Clean content from a URL.

  • research

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    A longer gather across sources.

Guardrails

  • Credentials stay in env
  • Read-first unless a write tool is called
  • Official package, not a wrapper

tavily-mcp.mcp/tools

Tools

  • search

    Tavily web search.

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  • extract

    Clean content from a URL.

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  • research

    A longer gather across sources.

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Last call

{ "ok": true,
  "tool": "search",
  "rows": 12 }

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