| name | tavily-search |
| description | AI-powered web search and content extraction |
Tavily AI Search
Available Tools
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tavily_search(query, search_depth?, topic?): AI-powered web search that returns relevant, summarized results.
query (string, required): Search query
search_depth (string, optional, default: "basic"): "basic" for quick lookups, "advanced" for comprehensive research
topic (string, optional, default: "general"): "general", "news", or "research"
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tavily_extract(urls, extract_depth?): Extract clean, readable content from one or more web URLs.
urls (string, required): Comma-separated URLs to extract content from
extract_depth (string, optional, default: "basic"): "basic" or "advanced"
Usage Guidelines
- Use
tavily_search for research queries that benefit from AI-curated results.
- Set
search_depth to "advanced" for comprehensive research, "basic" for quick lookups.
- Set
topic to "news" for recent events, "research" for academic/technical topics.
- Use
tavily_extract to get full page content from specific URLs found in search results.
- Tavily excels at recent information and news — prefer it for time-sensitive queries.
Citation Format
When presenting information from search results, wrap every specific claim in <cite> tags:
<cite source="SOURCE_TITLE" url="URL">claim text</cite>
Rules:
- Cite factual claims, statistics, quotes, and specific information from search results.
- The
source attribute should contain the title or name of the source.
- The
url attribute should contain the source URL when available.
- Do NOT cite your own reasoning or general knowledge.
- If search results don't contain relevant information, inform the user rather than guessing.
- Use the minimum number of citations necessary to support claims.