tavily-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAVILY_API_KEY | Yes | Your Tavily API key. Get one from https://www.tavily.com/. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| tavily-searchB | A powerful web search tool that provides comprehensive, real-time results using Tavily's AI search engine. Returns relevant web content with customizable parameters for result count, content type, and domain filtering. Ideal for gathering current information, news, and detailed web content analysis. |
| tavily-extractC | A powerful web content extraction tool that retrieves and processes raw content from specified URLs, ideal for data collection, content analysis, and research tasks. |
| tavily-crawlA | A powerful web crawler that initiates a structured web crawl starting from a specified base URL. The crawler expands from that point like a graph, following internal links across pages. You can control how deep and wide it goes, and guide it to focus on specific sections of the site. |
| tavily-mapB | A powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website URLs, allowing you to discover and analyze site structure, content organization, and navigation paths. Perfect for site audits, content discovery, and understanding website architecture. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 4 tools
Tools are mostly distinct: search for web queries, crawl for graph-based site traversal, extract for pulling content from specific URLs, and map for site structure. There is potential confusion between crawl and map, but descriptions clarify that crawl follows links like a graph while map analyses structure.
All tools follow a consistent 'tavily-verb' naming pattern using snake_case. The verbs are clear and distinct: crawl, extract, map, search.
With only 4 tools, the server is lean but covers the core functionalities for web exploration and data extraction. It could benefit from a few more tools (e.g., for filtering or session management), but the current count is reasonable for a focused purpose.
The set covers search, crawl, extraction, and site mapping, which are essential for web research. However, missing advanced features like content summarization, scheduling, or batch processing, which limits its usefulness for complex workflows.