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⁠Tavily MCP Server

The Tavily MCP server provides seamless interaction with the tavily-search and tavily-extract tools, real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool and Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool.

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⁠MCP Info

Attribute	Details
Docker Image	mcp/tavily⁠
Author	tavily-ai⁠
Repository	https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp⁠

⁠Image Building Info

Attribute	Details
Dockerfile	https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp/blob/8c02eedf0fbfe9fe5fb87fb8f6e9fbd3aec157ff/Dockerfile⁠
Commit	`8c02eedf0fbfe9fe5fb87fb8f6e9fbd3aec157ff`
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
Docker Scout Health Score
Verify Signature	`COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/tavily --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub`
Licence	MIT License

⁠Available Tools (5)

Tools provided by this Server	Short Description
`tavily_crawl`	Crawl a website starting from a URL.
`tavily_extract`	Extract content from URLs.
`tavily_map`	Map a website's structure.
`tavily_research`	Perform comprehensive research on a given topic or question.
`tavily_search`	Search the web for current information on any topic.

⁠Tools Details

⁠Tool: `tavily_crawl`

Crawl a website starting from a URL. Extracts content from pages with configurable depth and breadth.

Parameters	Type	Description
`url`	`string`	The root URL to begin the crawl
`allow_external`	`boolean` optional	Whether to return external links in the final response
`extract_depth`	`string` optional	Advanced extraction retrieves more data, including tables and embedded content, with higher success but may increase latency
`format`	`string` optional	The format of the extracted web page content. markdown returns content in markdown format. text returns plain text and may increase latency.
`include_favicon`	`boolean` optional	Whether to include the favicon URL for each result
`instructions`	`string` optional	Natural language instructions for the crawler. Instructions specify which types of pages the crawler should return.
`limit`	`integer` optional	Total number of links the crawler will process before stopping
`max_breadth`	`integer` optional	Max number of links to follow per level of the tree (i.e., per page)
`max_depth`	`integer` optional	Max depth of the crawl. Defines how far from the base URL the crawler can explore.
`select_domains`	`array` optional	Regex patterns to restrict crawling to specific domains or subdomains (e.g., ^docs.example.com$)
`select_paths`	`array` optional	Regex patterns to select only URLs with specific path patterns (e.g., /docs/., /api/v1.)

⁠Tool: `tavily_extract`

Extract content from URLs. Returns raw page content in markdown or text format.

Parameters	Type	Description
`urls`	`array`	List of URLs to extract content from
`extract_depth`	`string` optional	Use 'advanced' for LinkedIn, protected sites, or tables/embedded content
`format`	`string` optional	Output format
`include_favicon`	`boolean` optional	Include favicon URLs
`include_images`	`boolean` optional	Include images from pages
`query`	`string` optional	Query to rerank content chunks by relevance

⁠Tool: `tavily_map`

Map a website's structure. Returns a list of URLs found starting from the base URL.

Parameters	Type	Description
`url`	`string`	The root URL to begin the mapping
`allow_external`	`boolean` optional	Whether to return external links in the final response
`instructions`	`string` optional	Natural language instructions for the crawler
`limit`	`integer` optional	Total number of links the crawler will process before stopping
`max_breadth`	`integer` optional	Max number of links to follow per level of the tree (i.e., per page)
`max_depth`	`integer` optional	Max depth of the mapping. Defines how far from the base URL the crawler can explore
`select_domains`	`array` optional	Regex patterns to restrict crawling to specific domains or subdomains (e.g., ^docs.example.com$)
`select_paths`	`array` optional	Regex patterns to select only URLs with specific path patterns (e.g., /docs/., /api/v1.)

⁠Tool: `tavily_research`

Perform comprehensive research on a given topic or question. Use this tool when you need to gather information from multiple sources to answer a question or complete a task. Returns a detailed response based on the research findings. Rate limit: 20 requests per minute.

Parameters	Type	Description
`input`	`string`	A comprehensive description of the research task
`model`	`string` optional	Defines the degree of depth of the research. 'mini' is good for narrow tasks with few subtopics. 'pro' is good for broad tasks with many subtopics. 'auto' automatically selects the best model.

⁠Tool: `tavily_search`

Search the web for current information on any topic. Use for news, facts, or data beyond your knowledge cutoff. Returns snippets and source URLs.

Parameters	Type	Description
`query`	`string`	Search query
`country`	`string` optional	Boost search results from a specific country. Must be a full country name (e.g., 'United States', 'Japan', 'Germany'). ISO country codes (e.g., 'us', 'jp') are not supported. Available only if topic is general. See https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/search⁠ for the full list of supported countries.
`end_date`	`string` optional	Will return all results before the specified end date. Required to be written in the format YYYY-MM-DD
`exact_match`	`boolean` optional	Only return results containing the exact phrase(s) in quotes in your query
`exclude_domains`	`array` optional	List of domains to specifically exclude, if the user asks to exclude a domain set this to the domain of the site
`include_domains`	`array` optional	A list of domains to specifically include in the search results, if the user asks to search on specific sites set this to the domain of the site
`include_favicon`	`boolean` optional	Whether to include the favicon URL for each result
`include_image_descriptions`	`boolean` optional	Include a list of query-related images and their descriptions in the response
`include_images`	`boolean` optional	Include a list of query-related images in the response
`include_raw_content`	`boolean` optional	Include the cleaned and parsed HTML content of each search result
`max_results`	`number` optional	The maximum number of search results to return
`search_depth`	`string` optional	The depth of the search. 'basic' for generic results, 'advanced' for more thorough search, 'fast' for optimized low latency with high relevance, 'ultra-fast' for prioritizing latency above all else
`start_date`	`string` optional	Will return all results after the specified start date. Required to be written in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
`time_range`	`string` optional	The time range back from the current date to include in the search results
`topic`	`string` optional	The category of the search. This will determine which of our agents will be used for the search

⁠Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "mcp/tavily"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-tavily-apikey-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

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