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Ask a question and get answers drawn from pages published today rather than from months-old training. Beyond plain search, it can pull the readable text out of a specific page you name, walk through every page on a site, and sketch out how that site is organized. A free Tavily account gives you the key. The quickest setup is one hosted link in Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, or Cline.

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Answer a question with sources published this week Pull the readable text out of a long web page Research a company across its whole website Check a claim before I publish it Gather background reading for an article I'm writing

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Tavily MCP Server

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The Tavily MCP server provides:

  • search, extract, map, crawl tools
  • Real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool
  • Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool
  • Powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website
  • Web crawler that systematically explores websites

📚 Helpful Resources

  • Tutorial on combining Tavily MCP with Neo4j MCP server
  • Tutorial on integrating Tavily MCP with Cline in VS Code

Remote MCP Server

Connect directly to Tavily's remote MCP server instead of running it locally. This provides a seamless experience without requiring local installation or configuration.

Simply use the remote MCP server URL with your Tavily API key:

https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>

Get your Tavily API key from tavily.com.

Alternatively, you can pass your API key through an Authorization header if the MCP client supports this:

Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>

Note: When using the remote MCP, you can specify default parameters for all requests by including a DEFAULT_PARAMETERS header containing a JSON object with your desired defaults. Example:

{"include_images":true, "search_depth": "basic", "max_results": 10}

tavily-mcp FAQ

Do I need an account?
Yes — a free Tavily account gives you the key, and signing up costs nothing.
Can I use this to fact-check something before I publish?
Yes — it searches live pages and can quote the exact text it found.
Which apps does it work in?
Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and Cline are all documented.
Do I have to install anything?
Not necessarily — there is a hosted address you can paste in, so nothing runs on your computer.
What if I want to run it myself instead?
You can, and for that you need Node.js version 20 or newer on your machine.
Can it read a whole website, not just one page?
Yes — it can crawl a site and map out how the pages connect.