Tavily MCP Server
OfficialServer Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAVILY_API_KEY | Yes | Your Tavily API key obtained from app.tavily.com/home |
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
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
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
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: crawling (tavily-crawl) focuses on structured exploration from a base URL, extraction (tavily-extract) retrieves raw content from specific URLs, mapping (tavily-map) analyzes site structure, and search (tavily-search) provides real-time web results. There is no overlap in functionality, making tool selection straightforward for an agent.
All tool names follow a consistent 'tavily-' prefix with a descriptive action suffix (crawl, extract, map, search), using a uniform hyphenated style. This predictable pattern enhances readability and reduces confusion, with no deviations in naming conventions.
With 4 tools, the server is well-scoped for its web-related domain, covering key operations like crawling, extraction, mapping, and search without bloat. Each tool earns its place by addressing a distinct aspect of web interaction, making the count appropriate and manageable.
The tool set provides complete coverage for web-based tasks, including discovery (crawl, map), content retrieval (extract, search), and analysis. There are no obvious gaps; agents can perform end-to-end workflows from finding sites to extracting and analyzing content without dead ends.