Tavily MCP
Real-time web search, page extraction, site mapping and crawling for research.
Officialby TavilyHosted or on your computerChecked October 18, 2026
Tavily's official server gives Claude a search API built for AI agents, together with tools that extract page content, map a website's structure and crawl it. You can connect the hosted endpoint by signing in or by passing an API key, or run the open-source server locally with npx.
Who it is for
- Researchers and analysts
- Content teams checking facts
- Developers building research agents
Prompts to try
Once it is connected, ask in plain words. Claude decides when to use the server and asks before it changes anything important.
Search for news about the latest interest rate decision and summarize the market reaction with sources.Map the structure of competitor.com and tell me which product categories they have.Extract the text of these three articles and compare their conclusions.How to connect it
In Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp
In the Claude desktop app
Customize > Connectors > Discover: search Tavily, then select Connect to Claude
Hosted address: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp
Good to know
Run /mcp in Claude Code to finish sign-in, or append ?tavilyApiKey=YOUR_API_KEY to the URL instead.
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How we checked it
Checked the GitHub repo (MIT, last commit 2026-10-15), Tavily's MCP docs, the tavily-mcp npm package and the Claude connectors listing; the hosted endpoint answers with an OAuth challenge.
Source: github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp