| name | tavily-extract |
| description | Extract clean markdown or text from specific URLs via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill whenever a URL must be opened to be cited — papers, changelogs, release pages, blog posts, docs — including JavaScript-rendered pages. Processes up to 20 URLs per call and supports query-focused chunking for long pages.
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| allowed-tools | Bash(tvly *) |
tavily extract
Extract clean markdown/text content from one or more URLs. In this repo,
"opened" means extracted with this skill (or fetched with a built-in web tool) —
only opened URLs are citable as evidence.
Before running any command
Check tvly --status. If tvly is not on PATH:
pip install -q tavily-cli || uv tool install tavily-cli
Auth comes from the TAVILY_API_KEY environment variable (already set in this
environment). Never print it. If it is unset, report that and fall back to the
built-in web tools.
Quick start
tvly extract "https://example.com/article" --json
tvly extract "https://arxiv.org/abs/XXXX.XXXXX" "https://github.com/org/repo" --json
tvly extract "https://example.com/docs" --query "release date changelog" --chunks-per-source 3 --json
tvly extract "https://app.example.com" --extract-depth advanced --json
Key options
| Option | Description |
|---|
--query + --chunks-per-source | Return only chunks relevant to a query (1–5 per URL) |
--extract-depth | basic (default, try first) or advanced (JS-rendered pages) |
--format | markdown (default) or text |
--timeout | 1–60 seconds for slow pages |
--json / -o FILE | Structured output / save to file |
Tips
- Always quote URLs (shell interprets
? and &).
- Try
basic first; escalate to advanced only if content is missing.
- arXiv abs pages often hide authors/dates in the extraction — cross-check exact
metadata with
curl -sL 'https://export.arxiv.org/api/query?id_list=...'
(see radar-source-verify).
- If a search already used
--include-raw-content, skip the extract step.
