The Tavily MCP server provides tools for real-time web search, intelligent data extraction, web mapping, and web crawling.
From the registry: MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily
Please install the `tavily-mcp-tavilyai` MCP server into my current AI client (that's you).
Required prerequisites (do these first if not already done):
- **Tavily API Key** — Sign up at tavily.com for a free API key (https://app.tavily.com/home)
Canonical MCP server config (stdio transport):
- command: `npx`
- args: ["-y","tavily-mcp@latest"]
- required environment variables:
- `TAVILY_API_KEY`: Your Tavily API key (example: `<your-api-key-here>`)
- optional environment variables:
- `DEFAULT_PARAMETERS`: JSON string of default search parameters (example: `{"include_images": true, "max_results": 15}`)
Note: Official Tavily MCP. Remote endpoint: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=<key>. Tools: tavily-search, tavily-extract, tavily-map, tavily-crawl. Supports OAuth flow.
Add this MCP server to my current client's config in the correct format for you. If you need secrets or credentials I haven't provided, ASK me — do not invent values or leave raw placeholders. After adding it, tell me how to verify the server is connected.TAVILY_API_KEYrequiredAPI key for authenticating requests to the Tavily MCP server.DEFAULT_PARAMETERSSets default parameter values for the tavily-search tool.MCP server for searching Airweave collections with natural language queries.