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Tavily MCP: Documentation

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Connection

  • Remote: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<key> (free signup) or an Authorization: Bearer <key> header; OAuth without a key in the URL is also supported.
  • Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http tavily "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<key>".
  • Local: npx -y tavily-mcp@latest with the TAVILY_API_KEY env var (requires Node.js 20+).
  • DEFAULT_PARAMETERS — JSON with default search parameters (include_images, search_depth, max_results); TAVILY_HUMAN_ID — optional user identifier for analytics.

Tools

  • tavily-search — real-time web search with freshness, domain and depth filters.
  • tavily-extract — extract content from specific pages.
  • tavily-map — build a site's URL map (structure without downloading content).
  • tavily-crawl — systematically crawl a site and extract content from the pages found.

Agent flow

Fresh facts past the cutoff: news, prices, versions, events — with sources.

Pricing

  • Free — 1,000 credits/month, no card required (basic search costs 1 credit, advanced search 2 credits per query).
  • Paid — from $30/month for 4,000 credits; volume plans drop to about $0.005/credit (e.g. 100,000 credits for $500/month).
  • Pay-as-you-go — $0.008 per credit.
Tavily MCP — Documentation