# tavily-search

Connects Tavily AI search API to fetch fresh web information and real-time facts. Helpful whenever an agent needs recent updates from outside its training data.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 5
- Author: veithly
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/veithly/tavily-search/tree/HEAD/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-07
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/veithly-tavily-search

## What it does

This skill brings Tavily search directly to agent workflows. Instead of browsing raw web pages, the agent runs queries through `scripts/search <query>` to retrieve focused text context.

The repository includes the `scripts/search` script with an optional `--format json` parameter for structured payloads. It will not work without an active `TAVILY_API_KEY` exported in the shell environment. That key must be generated at tavily.com beforehand.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veithly/tavily-search --skill tavily-search -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/tavily-search/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veithly/tavily-search --skill tavily-search -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veithly/tavily-search --skill tavily-search -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install veithly/tavily-search tavily-search
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veithly/tavily-search --skill tavily-search -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/veithly/tavily-search --path skills/tavily-search
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add veithly/tavily-search --skill tavily-search -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/veithly/tavily-search/tree/HEAD/skills/tavily-search/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- retrieve recent facts and news from the web
- receive structured JSON search responses with `--format json`
- fetch current technical updates without scraping HTML manually

## Example prompts
- Search for the latest Node.js release notes using tavily-search
- Run scripts/search with the --format json flag to look up recent SQLite developments
- Find up-to-date documentation changes for Vite via Tavily

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## Other versions with the same name
- [tavily-search · tavily-ai](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tavily-search.md) — 36100 installs
- [tavily-search · framix-team](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/framix-team-tavily-search.md) — 840 installs

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