Tavily MCP Server

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Tavily MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 56 installs a week from npm. Last commit 31 Oct 2025.

MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily API.

No commits for 12 months.

Installs per day peak 17 · avg 6 · +87% w/w

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Installs / week

npm · @toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp

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31 Oct 2025

Last commit

no releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Secret passed into the image build Dockerfile:18

ENV TAVILY_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add tavily-mcp -e 'TAVILY_API_KEY=<TAVILY_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.tavily-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp"]
env = { TAVILY_API_KEY = "<TAVILY_API_KEY>" }

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <TAVILY_API_KEY> (Your TAVILY_API_KEY). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

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Tavily MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Tavily MCP Server?

Tavily MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp was installed 56 times last week.

Is Tavily MCP Server still maintained?

No commits for 12 months. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect Tavily MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Tavily MCP Server?

The npm package @toolsdk.ai/tavily-mcp was installed 56 times in the last week. Week over week that is +87%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Tavily MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.