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tavily-web — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Q: How to install tavily-web in Claude Code?

Run `npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill web-development/tavily-web` or `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill tavily-web -a claude-code`. You can also place the skill file directly at `~/.claude/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md`.

Connects Claude Code to the Tavily API for online searches, webpage crawling, and extracting text content directly from URLs.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill web-development/tavily-web

Open on GitHub

What tavily-web does

This skill hooks Tavily into Claude Code sessions. It gives the assistant a clean way to pull live web results, crawl sites, and parse body text from specific links while solving coding tasks.

You need an active Tavily API key before sending queries. The project guide advises configuring this token in your environment variables rather than typing credentials into chat. Without a valid key, network lookups will fail.

What it helps with

search the web for up-to-date facts during work
extract raw text directly from a target webpage
crawl websites to gather project research materials

Example prompts for the agent

Search online for recent changes in our dependencies
Extract the text from the target article URL and summarize it
Crawl the documentation site to gather architectural details

How to install tavily-web

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill web-development/tavily-web

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill tavily-web -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tavily-web/

Manually: put the files in place

.agents/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md

For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

Manually: put the files in place

.cursor/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md

Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

1GitHub CLI

gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates tavily-web

2Manually: put the files in place

.github/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md

Platform CLI

gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/web-development/tavily-web

Manually: put the files in place

.devin/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md

The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about tavily-web

How to install tavily-web in Claude Code?

Run npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill web-development/tavily-web or npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill tavily-web -a claude-code. You can also place the skill file directly at ~/.claude/skills/tavily-web/SKILL.md.

What does tavily-web do?

It enables online searches, webpage crawling, and content extraction using the Tavily API.

What credentials does tavily-web require?

You need a Tavily API key configured in your environment variables before making search requests.

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