# Tavily MCP

> Tavily's MCP server: your agent searches the web, pulls clean content from pages, maps and crawls sites, and runs multi-source research.

Tavily's own MCP server gives your agent real-time access to the web through Tavily's API. It can search for current sources, pull clean content from pages, map or crawl a whole site, and run multi-source research that comes back as a detailed answer.

What you can do with it
- Search the web for current information, news and sources, with filters for dates, topic and domains
- Extract the main content from one or more URLs
- Map a site's structure, or crawl many pages across it
- Run multi-source research on a topic and get a detailed answer

How it connects
This listing runs the server on your machine with npx -y tavily-mcp@latest (Node.js 20 or later), with your Tavily API key in TAVILY_API_KEY. You can get a key with a free Tavily account. Tavily also hosts the same tools at https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/, where you sign in to Tavily with OAuth or pass your API key; Tavily documents that setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and more.

Good to know
- Set DEFAULT_PARAMETERS to a JSON object (for example max_results, search_depth or include_images) to change the defaults for every search.
- Requests use your Tavily account's credits and limits.

- Type: Plugin
- Made by: tavily-ai
- Category: Web & browser
- Formats: Local MCP
- Version: 0.2.15
- Website: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/mcp
- Source: https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
- Page: https://pluginboard.ai/plugins/tavily-mcp

## Works with

- Claude
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Antigravity
- Gemini CLI
- OpenClaw
- OpenCode
- Hermes Agent

## Install

You'll need:

- `TAVILY_API_KEY` (required): Your Tavily API key from tavily.com
- `DEFAULT_PARAMETERS` (optional): JSON string with default search parameters (e.g., {"include_images": true, "max_results": 15})

Replace each `<NAME>` placeholder with your own value.

### Claude

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@0.2.15"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

Add to VS Code: vscode:mcp/install?%7B%22name%22%3A%22tavily-mcp%22%2C%22command%22%3A%22npx%22%2C%22args%22%3A%5B%22-y%22%2C%22tavily-mcp%400.2.15%22%5D%2C%22env%22%3A%7B%22TAVILY_API_KEY%22%3A%22%3CTAVILY_API_KEY%3E%22%7D%7D

Run in your terminal:

```shell
code --add-mcp '{"name":"tavily-mcp","command":"npx","args":["-y","tavily-mcp@0.2.15"],"env":{"TAVILY_API_KEY":"<TAVILY_API_KEY>"}}'
```

Copilot CLI:

```shell
copilot mcp add tavily-mcp --env TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.15
```

### Cursor

Add to Cursor: cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=tavily-mcp&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoibnB4IiwiYXJncyI6WyIteSIsInRhdmlseS1tY3BAMC4yLjE1Il0sImVudiI6eyJUQVZJTFlfQVBJX0tFWSI6IjxUQVZJTFlfQVBJX0tFWT4ifX0%3D

Add to .cursor/mcp.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@0.2.15"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code

Run in your terminal:

```shell
claude mcp add -e TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.15
```

### Codex

Run in your terminal:

```shell
codex mcp add --env TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.15
```

### Antigravity

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@0.2.15"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

Run in your terminal:

```shell
gemini mcp add -e TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> tavily-mcp npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.15
```

### OpenClaw

In a terminal: Run openclaw mcp add tavily-mcp --command npx, with --arg before each argument (-y tavily-mcp@0.2.15) and --env NAME=value for each variable it needs.

### OpenCode

Run in your terminal:

```shell
opencode mcp add tavily-mcp --env TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY> -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.15
```

### Hermes Agent

Add to ~/.hermes/config.yaml:

```json
{
  "mcp_servers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@0.2.15"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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