# Tavily MCP (MCP server)

> Tavily MCP is an MCP server that provides: - search, extract, map, crawl tools - Real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool - Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool - Powerful web mapping tool that… It has 2,419 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y tavily-mcp.

The Tavily MCP server provides: - search, extract, map, crawl tools - Real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool - Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool - Powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website - Web crawler that systematically explores websites

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |
| GitHub stars | 2,419 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: tavily-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Sep 16, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --env TAVILY_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "tavily_api_key",
      "description": "TAVILY_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "${input:tavily_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `TAVILY_API_KEY` (secret) (required): Your Tavily API key from tavily.com
- `DEFAULT_PARAMETERS`: JSON string with default search parameters (e.g., {"includeimages": true, "maxresults": 15})

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