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Tavily MCP Server

Tavily's MCP server for real-time web search, page extraction, site mapping and crawling.

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Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Research agents that need search plus full-page extraction from one provider.

Avoid if

You don't want a Tavily account; the server needs a Tavily API key or OAuth sign-in.

About Tavily MCP Server

Tavily's official MCP server provides search, extract, map and crawl tools: real-time web search, extraction of page content, a structured map of a website and a crawler that explores sites systematically. Connect to the hosted remote server with an API key or OAuth, or run it locally with npx.

Tavily MCP Server is listed in this index written primarily in TypeScript, with 2.5k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.

Before connecting: access and data

This record's specific permissions have not been reviewed by ASE. Read the publisher's documentation before copying setup or connecting.

  • List the accounts, files and services the enabled tools can read, change or execute. Check your actual credentials and discovered tools.
  • Use narrowly scoped credentials and read-only mode where supported. Review proposed writes before approving them; a generated configuration does not apply these limits for you.
  • Local launch is not local-only data processing. External services receive requests, and your client may pass tool results to its model provider. Check both destinations before sharing private data.
  • Keep keys and browser session files out of shared config, repositories and screenshots. Know how to disconnect the server and separately revoke its credentials or account sessions.

Read the setup guide →

Add Tavily MCP Server to your MCP client

A hosted server: point your client at its URL and complete its sign-in there. In Claude Desktop or claude.ai, add it under Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector instead. Replace <your-api-key> with your own value first.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http tavily-mcp 'https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>'
Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>"
    }
  }
}
VS Code.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>"
    }
  }
}
CodexRun in your terminal
codex mcp add tavily-mcp --url 'https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>'

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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