Tavily Mcp

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

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Should you use this server?

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

✓

Is it safe?

No known CVEs for tavily-mcp.

No authentication — any process on your machine can connect to this server.

MIT. View license →

Last scanned 0 days ago.

✓

Is it maintained?

Last commit 3 days ago. 1,626 GitHub stars.

Will it work with my client?

Transport: stdio, sse, http. Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code, and most MCP clients.

How much context will it use?

4 tools. Estimated ~200 tokens of your context window (0.1% of 200K).

What if it doesn't work?

Common issues: JSON syntax errors in config, wrong Node.js version, npx cache, network or firewall blocking. Setup guide covers troubleshooting. Or check GitHub issues for known problems.

Quick Install

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

Setup guide

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

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:

Tools (4)

tavily-search

Real-time web search capabilities

tavily-extract

Intelligent data extraction from web pages

tavily-map

Powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website

tavily-crawl

Web crawler that systematically explores websites

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No known vulnerabilities.

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CVEs — No known CVEs for this packagecheck OSV.dev \u2192

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Authentication — None required — easy to connect

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License — MITview license \u2192

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Repository — Activeview repo \u2192

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Has anyone used this with Cursor?How do you handle auth?Any alternatives?