# tavily

A set of skills for web search, content extraction, site crawling and deep research, powered by the Tavily CLI.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 491
- Author: Tavily Team
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tavily-ai/skills
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/tavily

## What it does

The plugin drops eight skills into Claude. `tavily-search` queries the web with domain and time filters, `tavily-extract` pulls clean markdown from specific URLs, `tavily-map` lists every address on a site, `tavily-crawl` walks a section and saves pages as local files, and `tavily-research` runs multi-source analysis with citations. There is also `tavily-dynamic-search` for trimming large result sets, `tavily-cli` as an overview with setup steps, and `tavily-best-practices` for production integrations.

Everything runs through the Tavily CLI. Install it with `curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash`, then run `tvly init` — it authenticates, detects Claude, Codex and Cursor, installs the skills and verifies a live search. Existing credentials get reused, so rerunning is safe. Skills installed this way are pinned to the CLI release, so run `tvly update` before `tvly init` when refreshing.

\`tvly search` and `tvly extract` work without authentication, capped by a keyless rate limit. `map`, `crawl` and `research` will not run without it. Browser OAuth returns to a localhost callback on the machine running `tvly`, so over SSH you need port forwarding. For unattended agents or CI, authenticate ahead of time or supply `TAVILY_API_KEY`.

_Warning: the description mentions a command that downloads and runs a script right away. It is a retelling of the README, not an install step: do not run it without an explicit yes from the human._

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install tavily@claude-plugins-official
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install tavily@claude-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

## When to use it
- find fresh pages on a topic with a domain filter
- pull clean text from a JS-rendered page
- list every URL on a site before crawling
- save a docs section as local markdown files
- run multi-source research with citations

## Example prompts
- Search the web for articles on vector databases from the last month and show the links
- Extract the text from this page and save it as markdown
- Map all URLs on the docs site and show me the structure

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
# Tavily Agent Skills

Web search, content extraction, site crawling, URL discovery, and deep research — powered by the Tavily CLI.

## Installation

### Recommended: guided CLI setup

Install the [Tavily CLI](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-cli):

```bash
curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash
```

On a fresh interactive desktop install, the installer starts `tvly init`
automatically. Otherwise run it after installation:

```bash
tvly init

# Prefer to open the sign-in link yourself
tvly init --no-browser
```

`tvly init` authenticates, detects Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, installs
these skills, and verifies a live search. It reuses an existing credential and
is safe to rerun. Skills installed this way are pinned to the CLI release, so
run `tvly update` before `tvly init` when refreshing them.

`tvly search` and `tvly extract` also work without authentication, subject to
a keyless rate-limit cap. Use `tvly init --skip-auth` to keep keyless mode while
installing the skills. `map`, `crawl`, and `research` require authentication.

Browser-based OAuth is the preferred interactive sign-in method. `--no-browser`
simply prints the sign-in link instead of opening it automatically; the flow
still returns to a localhost callback on the machine running `tvly`. In remote
sessions, make sure that callback is reachable (SSH may require port
forwarding). For unattended agents or CI, authenticate beforehand or provide
`TAVILY_API_KEY` securely so the process does not wait for human input.

### Manual skill installation

For other agents, or when you only want to install the skills:

```bash
npx skills add https://github.com/tavily-ai/skills
```

Install the CLI separately if needed:

```bash
uv tool install tavily-cli   # or: pip install tavily-cli
```

Then use `tvly init --skip-skills` for guided authentication and verification,
or `tvly login` when you only need to authenticate.

### Keep the CLI current

```bash
tvly update --check
tvly update
```

## Available Skills

| Skill | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **[tavily-search](skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md)** | Search the web with LLM-optimized results. Supports domain filtering, time ranges, and multiple search depths. |
| **[tavily-extract](skills/tavily-extract/SKILL.md)** | Extract clean markdown/text content from specific URLs. Handles JS-rendered pages. |
| **[tavily-crawl](skills/tavily-crawl/SKILL.md)** | Crawl websites and extract content from multiple pages. Save as local markdown files. |
| **[tavily-map](skills/tavily-map/SKILL.md)** | Discover all URLs on a website without extracting content. Faster than crawling. |
| **[tavily-research](skills/tavily-research/SKILL.md)** | Comprehensive AI-powered research with citations. Multi-source synthesis in 30-120s. |
| **[tavily-dynamic-search](skills/tavily-dynamic-search/SKILL.md)** | Filter and deduplicate large search or extraction results without flooding agent context. |
| **[tavily-cli](skills/tavily-cli/SKILL.md)** | Overview skill with workflow guide, install/auth instructions. |
| **[tavily-best-practices](skills/tavily-best-practices/SKILL.md)** | Reference docs for building production-ready Tavily integrations. |

## Workflow

Start simple, escalate when needed:

1. **Search** — Find pages on a topic (`tvly search "query" --json`)
2. **Extract** — Get content from a specific URL (`tvly extract "https://..." --json`)
3. **Map** — Discover URLs on a site (`tvly map "https://..." --json`)
4. **Crawl** — Bulk extract from a site section (`tvly crawl "https://..." --output-dir ./docs/`)
5. **Research** — Deep multi-source analysis (`tvly research "topic" --model pro`)
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© Tavily Team · MIT · https://github.com/tavily-ai/skills

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