# Tavily MCP Server

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

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 2,399
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 6 days ago (Sep 16, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
- **Source code:** https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/tavily-mcp
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## 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.

## Connect to an MCP client
Hosted MCP server at https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>.

### Claude Code (Run in your terminal)

```shell
claude mcp add --transport http tavily-mcp 'https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>'
```

### Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex (Run in your terminal)

```shell
codex mcp add tavily-mcp --url 'https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<your-api-key>'
```

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