# Tavily MCP: an MCP server we run in production

Canonical: https://scalably.io/mcp/tavily-mcp
Source: https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
Registry: not published to the MCP registry
Provenance: third-party server, pinned at 0.2.22, verified 2026-09-09.
Integrity: no independent hash is published for this third-party listing; the raw endpoint at https://scalably.io/mcp/tavily-mcp.md mirrors this representation byte for byte
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## Direct answer
Web search, extract, map and crawl for research agents.

## Install
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add tavily -e TAVILY_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.22`
- Codex: `codex mcp add tavily --env TAVILY_API_KEY=your-value -- npx -y tavily-mcp@0.2.22`
- Claude Desktop: not available for this server.

## Environment
| Variable | Required | Secret | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| `TAVILY_API_KEY` | yes | yes | Tavily API key |

## Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| `tavily_search` | Not documented for this listing. |
| `tavily_extract` | Not documented for this listing. |
| `tavily_map` | Not documented for this listing. |
| `tavily_crawl` | Not documented for this listing. |
| `tavily_research` | Not documented for this listing. |

## Setup
Set the following before first use:
- `TAVILY_API_KEY` (secret): Tavily API key

## Limits
Not documented by Tavily. See the vendor's own documentation: https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

## Reliability
- CI: not applicable, this is a third-party project we do not control.
- Pinned at 0.2.22
- Verified 2026-09-09
- We run this server in production, pinned at the exact version, with the install command derived mechanically from that pin so it can be re-verified against the published package.

## Related
- Read more: [What is an MCP server? A clear explainer for developers](https://scalably.io/blog/what-is-an-mcp-server), [Claude Code MCP: how to add an MCP server](https://scalably.io/blog/claude-code-mcp)