Is Tavily Mcp safe to use?

Tavily Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Tavily Mcp?

Tavily Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Tavily Mcp do?

Tavily Mcp provides 4 tools: tavily-search, tavily-extract, tavily-map, tavily-crawl. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Tavily Mcp?

Tavily Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Tavily Mcp actively maintained?

Tavily Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 6 days ago. It has 1,984 GitHub stars.

Tavily Mcp

Name: Tavily Mcp
Author: tavily-ai

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tavily-mcp · by tavily-ai

Production ready MCP server with real-time search, extract, map & crawl.

2.0k 26.5k/wk 4 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 6d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

4 tools · ~220 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Required API Keys

TAVILY_API_KEYTavily API Key

1. Sign up at tavily.com
2. Go to your dashboard
3. Copy your API key

Open Tavily API Key page

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What Tavily Mcp does

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

Test This Server

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Score breakdown

96/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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−4

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Security

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No known CVEs.

Checked tavily-mcp against OSV.dev.

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Tools (4)

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~220 tokens total

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tavily Mcp safe to use?: Tavily Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Tavily Mcp?: Tavily Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Tavily Mcp do?: Tavily Mcp provides 4 tools: tavily-search, tavily-extract, tavily-map, tavily-crawl. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Tavily Mcp?: Tavily Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Tavily Mcp actively maintained?: Tavily Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 6 days ago. It has 1,984 GitHub stars.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      },
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Required API Keys

TAVILY_API_KEYTavily API Key

1. Sign up at tavily.com
2. Go to your dashboard
3. Copy your API key

Open Tavily API Key page

Read me

What Tavily Mcp does

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y 'tavily-mcp' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

README

Tavily MCP Server

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}

Connect to Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI tool for Claude. You can add the Tavily MCP server using the claude mcp add command. There are two ways to authenticate:

Option 1: API Key in URL

Pass your API key directly in the URL. Replace <your-api-key> with your actual Tavily API key:

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

Option 2: OAuth Authentication Flow

Add the server without an API key in the URL:

claude mcp add --transport http tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

After adding, you'll need to complete the authentication flow:

Run claude to start Claude Code
Type /mcp to open the MCP server management
Select the Tavily server and complete the authentication process

Tip: Add --scope user to either command to make the Tavily MCP server available globally across all your projects:

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

Once configured, you'll have access to the Tavily search, extract, map, and crawl tools.

Connect to Cursor

Click the ⬆️ Add to Cursor ⬆️ button, this will do most of the work for you but you will still need to edit the configuration to add your API-KEY. You can get a Tavily API key here.

once you click the button you should be redirect to Cursor ...

Step 1

Click the install button

Step 2

You should see the MCP is now installed, if the blue slide is not already turned on, manually turn it on. You also need to edit the configuration to include your own Tavily API key.

Step 3

You will then be redirected to your mcp.json file where you have to add your-api-key.

{
  "mcpServe

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp#readme)

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

96/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−4

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked tavily-mcp against OSV.dev.

Inventory

Tools (4)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~220 tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tavily Mcp safe to use?: Tavily Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Tavily Mcp?: Tavily Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Tavily Mcp do?: Tavily Mcp provides 4 tools: tavily-search, tavily-extract, tavily-map, tavily-crawl. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Tavily Mcp?: Tavily Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Tavily Mcp actively maintained?: Tavily Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 6 days ago. It has 1,984 GitHub stars.