MCP Tavily Server

v2025.2.0

Tavily

MCPsearchwebresearchmcp
81
Strong
About This MCP

MCP server enabling AI models to perform real-time web search, content extraction, and web crawling. Designed specifically for AI agents with optimized search results, automatic content summarization, and source verification capabilities.

Last Evaluated: January 14, 2025
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Trust Vector Analysis

Dimension Breakdown

🚀Performance & Reliability
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search accuracy

Search quality testing

Evidence
Tavily Documentation — AI-optimized search with semantic understanding and relevance ranking
highVerified: 2025-01-14
response latency

Latency benchmarking

Evidence
Tavily Performance — Typical response time 1-3 seconds for comprehensive results
highVerified: 2025-01-14
content extraction

Content extraction testing

Evidence
Tavily Extract API — Reliable content extraction with main content identification
highVerified: 2025-01-14
result freshness

Freshness testing

Evidence
Tavily Real-time Search — Real-time search results with configurable time filtering
highVerified: 2025-01-14
rate limit handling

Rate limiting behavior testing

Evidence
Tavily Rate Limits — Rate limits based on plan tier with clear error handling
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
🛡️Security
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api key security

Authentication mechanism review

Evidence
Tavily Authentication — API key authentication with standard security practices
highVerified: 2025-01-14
data handling

Data handling review

Evidence
Tavily Privacy — Search queries processed through Tavily servers
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
content filtering

Content filtering assessment

Evidence
Tavily Safe Search — Safe search options available but web content varies
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
source verification

Source verification testing

Evidence
Tavily Sources — Returns source URLs for verification; no fake content generation
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
🔒Privacy & Compliance
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query privacy

Privacy policy review

Evidence
Tavily Privacy Policy — Search queries stored for service improvement
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
data retention

Data retention review

Evidence
Tavily Privacy — Standard data retention policies for API services
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
third party sharing

Third-party sharing review

Evidence
Tavily Terms — Query data not sold; used for service improvement
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
👁️Trust & Transparency
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documentation quality

Documentation completeness review

Evidence
Tavily Docs — Clear API documentation with examples and use cases
highVerified: 2025-01-14
result attribution

Attribution testing

Evidence
Tavily Results — All results include source URLs for verification
highVerified: 2025-01-14
api transparency

API transparency review

Evidence
Tavily API — Clear API behavior documentation and error codes
mediumVerified: 2025-01-14
pricing transparency

Pricing review

Evidence
Tavily Pricing — Clear pricing tiers with defined quotas
highVerified: 2025-01-14
⚙️Operational Excellence
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ease of setup

Setup complexity assessment

Evidence
Tavily Quickstart — Simple API key setup with immediate access
highVerified: 2025-01-14
api reliability

Reliability assessment

Evidence
Tavily Status — High availability with 99.9% uptime target
highVerified: 2025-01-14
cost efficiency

Cost analysis

Evidence
Tavily Pricing — Free tier available; reasonable pricing for production
highVerified: 2025-01-14
ai optimization

AI integration testing

Evidence
Tavily for AI — Purpose-built for AI agents with optimized response format
highVerified: 2025-01-14
sdk support

SDK quality assessment

Evidence
Tavily SDKs — Python and JavaScript SDKs with MCP integration
highVerified: 2025-01-14
Strengths
  • +Purpose-built for AI agents with optimized responses
  • +Real-time search with configurable time filtering
  • +Automatic content extraction and summarization
  • +Source URLs provided for all results
  • +Easy integration with MCP protocol
  • +Good documentation and SDK support
Limitations
  • !Search queries processed through third-party servers
  • !Rate limits based on pricing tier
  • !Web content quality varies by source
  • !No self-hosted option available
  • !Query privacy depends on Tavily's policies
  • !Costs can increase with heavy usage
Metadata
license: Proprietary (API Service)
supported platforms
0: All platforms with HTTP
programming languages
0: Python
1: JavaScript
2: TypeScript
mcp version: 1.0
website: https://tavily.com/
api dependency: Tavily Search API
authentication: API Key
first release: 2024
maintained by: Tavily
transport types
0: stdio
installation methods
0: npm
1: pip

Use Case Ratings

code generation

Useful for researching documentation and finding code examples

customer support

Good for finding product information and support resources

content creation

Excellent for research and fact-checking content

data analysis

Helpful for gathering external data and market research

research assistant

Outstanding for autonomous research and information gathering

legal compliance

Useful for researching regulations; verify sources independently

healthcare

Can find medical information; not suitable for clinical decisions

financial analysis

Good for market research; verify financial data from primary sources

education

Excellent for educational research and learning assistance

creative writing

Great for research and finding inspiration