Tavily MCP Server

About Tavily

The Tavily MCP server provides seamless integration with tavily-search and tavily-extract, offering AI models real-time access to web information, advanced filtering, and domain-specific search features. Compatible with Cline, Cursor, and Claude Desktop.

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How to install Tavily

Package

tavily-mcp (npm)

Transport

Local (stdio), Remote (Streamable HTTP)

Hosted endpoint

https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp

Install or run

npx -y tavily-mcp@latest

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
        "DEFAULT_PARAMETERS": "{\"include_images\": true, \"max_results\": 15, \"search_depth\": \"advanced\"}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Copied from the official README — verified October 4, 2026. Replace placeholder keys with your own credentials.

Client setup documented by the maintainer

“Not documented” means the README has no client-specific steps — most MCP clients can still run a local stdio server from the configuration above.

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