tavily-cli

name	tavily-cli
description	Use this skill when the user wants to search the web, extract content from URLs, crawl sites, or run deep research across multiple sources from the terminal.

Tavily CLI

Native web access for agents from the terminal. Search, extract, crawl, and research with structured output designed for agent workflows.

Commands

• tavily-cli search web — Search the web
• tavily-cli extract url — Extract content from a URL
• tavily-cli research deep — Deep multi-source research
• tavily-cli _ _ — Passthrough to tvly CLI

Installation

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | sh

Authentication

tvly login

Usage Examples

• "Search for latest AI agent developments"
• "Extract content from this URL"
• "Research competitive landscape of AI code assistants"
• "Crawl a documentation site"

Key Commands

# Search
tvly search "latest AI agents developments" --json

# Extract page content
tvly extract "https://docs.example.com/api" --json

# Crawl with objective
tvly crawl "https://docs.example.com" --objective "find API docs"

# Deep research
tvly research "AI code assistant landscape" --json

Key Features

• Web Search - LLM-optimized results
• Extract - Pull content from URLs
• Crawl - Site crawling with objectives
• Research - Multi-source deep dive
• JSON Output - Structured for agents