Tavily MCP Server

Advanced web search and data extraction capabilities through the Tavily API, providing real-time web search, intelligent data extraction, website mapping, and web crawling tools.

About this MCP Server: To understand how to connect to and utilize this MCP server, please refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at mcp.apify.com.

Connection URL

MCP clients can connect to this server at:

https://mcp-servers--tavily-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp

Client Configuration

To connect to this MCP server, use the following configuration in your MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "url": "https://mcp-servers--tavily-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: Replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with your actual Apify API token. You can find your token in the Apify Console.

🚩 Claim this MCP server

All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp To claim this server, please write to ai@apify.com.

The Tavily MCP server provides:

• search - Real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool
• extract - Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool
• map - Powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website
• crawl - Web crawler that systematically explores websites

Available Tools

tavily-search

Perform real-time web searches using Tavily's advanced search API. This tool can search the web for current information and return relevant, summarized results.

Parameters:

• query (string, required): The search query
• search_depth (string, optional): "basic" or "advanced" search depth
• max_results (number, optional): Maximum number of results to return
• include_domains (array, optional): List of domains to include in search
• exclude_domains (array, optional): List of domains to exclude from search

tavily-extract

Extract and analyze content from web pages using Tavily's intelligent extraction capabilities.

Parameters:

• urls (array, required): List of URLs to extract content from
• content_type (string, optional): Type of content to extract

tavily-map

Create a structured map of a website, showing its hierarchy and organization.

Parameters:

• url (string, required): The website URL to map
• depth (number, optional): How deep to crawl the website

tavily-crawl

Systematically explore and crawl websites to gather comprehensive information.

Parameters:

• url (string, required): The starting URL for crawling
• max_pages (number, optional): Maximum number of pages to crawl
• depth (number, optional): Maximum crawl depth

Configuration

To use this MCP server, you'll need a Tavily API key. You can obtain one from tavily.com.

The server requires the following environment variable:

• TAVILY_API_KEY: Your Tavily API key

References

To learn more about Apify and Actors, take a look at the following resources:

• Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation
• Apify SDK for Python documentation
• Apify Platform documentation
• Apify MCP Server
• Webinar: Building and Monetizing MCP Servers on Apify
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