Tavily MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 17 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

ENV TAVILY_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

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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 mcp add tavily-mcp -- npx -y tavily-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.tavily-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "tavily-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: TAVILY_API_KEY (Your Tavily API key from tavily.com), DEFAULT_PARAMETERS (JSON string with default search parameters (e.g., {"include_images": true, "max_results": 15})). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.