Tavily

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At a glance

• Availability: Experimental (how to enable).
• Authentication: API key.
• Connection: The key comes from TAVILY_API_KEY.
• Provider documentation: Authentication reference.

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Credentials

Set these per environment. See Connect an integration.

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Setup

1. Create a Tavily account: Go to https://app.tavily.com and sign up - the free plan includes monthly API credits, enough for testing.
2. Copy your API key: Your default API key is shown on the dashboard home (https://app.tavily.com/home); create additional keys per project if needed.
3. Store the key: Add it to your .env file as TAVILY_API_KEY=tvly-…
4. Verify access: Run the Search tool with a simple query. A 401 means the key is invalid; a 432 means you exceeded your plan limit.

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Provider notes

• All endpoints consume API credits per request; advanced search/extract depth costs more than basic
• Crawl runs synchronously and can take a while on large sites - keep max_depth and limit small

Provider API reference.

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Tools

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Verify the connection

Call a read tool such as tavily__search with arguments for your account. Confirm that the result comes from the intended account or workspace before enabling write tools.