Tavily Map

tavily map

Discover URLs on a website without extracting content. Faster than crawling.

Before running any command

If tvly is not found on PATH, install it first:

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash && tvly login

Do not skip this step or fall back to other tools.

See tavily-cli for alternative install methods and auth options.

When to use

• You need to find a specific subpage on a large site
• You want a list of all URLs before deciding what to extract or crawl
• Step 3 in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research

Quick start

# Discover all URLs
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --json

# With natural language filtering
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --instructions "Find API docs and guides" --json

# Filter by path
tvly map "https://example.com" --select-paths "/blog/.*" --limit 500 --json

# Deep map
tvly map "https://example.com" --max-depth 3 --limit 200 --json

Options

| Option | Description |

|--------|-------------|

| --max-depth | Levels deep (1-5, default: 1) |

| --max-breadth | Links per page (default: 20) |

| --limit | Max URLs to discover (default: 50) |

| --instructions | Natural language guidance for URL filtering |

| --select-paths | Comma-separated regex patterns to include |

| --exclude-paths | Comma-separated regex patterns to exclude |

| --select-domains | Comma-separated regex for domains to include |

| --exclude-domains | Comma-separated regex for domains to exclude |

| --allow-external / --no-external | Include external links |

| --timeout | Max wait (10-150 seconds) |

| -o, --output | Save output to file |

| --json | Structured JSON output |

Map + Extract pattern

Use map to find the right page, then extract it. This is often more efficient than crawling an entire site:

# Step 1: Find the authentication docs
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --instructions "authentication" --json

# Step 2: Extract the specific page you found
tvly extract "https://docs.example.com/api/authentication" --json

Tips

• Map is URL discovery only — no content extraction. Use extract or crawl for content.
• Map + extract beats crawl when you only need a few specific pages from a large site.
• Use --instructions for semantic filtering when path patterns aren't enough.

See also

• tavily-extract — extract content from URLs you discover
• tavily-crawl — bulk extract when you need many pages