| name | tavily-search |
| description | Search the web with LLM-optimized results via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to search the web, find articles, look up information, get recent news, discover sources, or says "search for", "find me", "look up", "what's the latest on", "find articles about", or needs current information from the internet. Returns relevant results with content snippets, relevance scores, and metadata optimized for LLM consumption. Supports domain filtering, time ranges, and multiple search depths.
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| allowed-tools | Bash(tvly *) |
tavily search
Web search returning LLM-optimized results with content snippets and relevance scores.
Before running any command
If tvly is not found on PATH, use the bundled startup dependency setup or install it with:
uv tool install tavily-cli
If search asks for authentication, run:
tvly login
When to use
- The user asks to search the web, look up current information, find sources, or get latest news.
- The user asks Chinese web-search requests such as: 搜索, 联网搜索, 查一下, 找资料, 最新消息, 近期新闻, 帮我查.
- The task needs current information beyond local files or model knowledge.
Quick start
tvly search "your query" --json
Advanced examples
tvly search "quantum computing" --depth advanced --max-results 10 --json
tvly search "AI news" --time-range week --topic news --json
tvly search "SEC filings" --include-domains sec.gov,reuters.com --json
tvly search "react hooks tutorial" --include-raw-content --max-results 3 --json
Options
| Option | Description |
|---|
--depth | ultra-fast, fast, basic (default), advanced |
--max-results | Max results, 0-20 (default: 5) |
--topic | general (default), news, finance |
--time-range | day, week, month, year |
--start-date | Results after date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
--end-date | Results before date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
--include-domains | Comma-separated domains to include |
--exclude-domains | Comma-separated domains to exclude |
--country | Boost results from country |
--include-answer | Include AI answer (basic or advanced) |
--include-raw-content | Include full page content (markdown or text) |
--include-images | Include image results |
--include-image-descriptions | Include AI image descriptions |
--chunks-per-source | Chunks per source (advanced/fast depth only) |
-o, --output | Save output to file |
--json | Structured JSON output |
Tips
- Keep queries under 400 characters.
- Break complex questions into smaller search queries.
- Use
--include-raw-content when full page text is needed.
- Use
--include-domains to focus on trusted sources.
- Use
--time-range for recent information.
- Read from stdin:
echo "query" | tvly search - --json
