# Tavily MCP Server (`agentify/tavily-mcp-server`) Actor

Advanced web search and data extraction capabilities through the Tavily API, providing real-time web search, intelligent data extraction, website mapping, and web crawling tools.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/agentify/tavily-mcp-server.md
- **Developed by:** [agentify](https://apify.com/agentify) (community)
- **Categories:** MCP servers, Open source, AI
- **Stats:** 246 total users, 27 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event + usage

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### Tavily MCP Server

Advanced web search and data extraction capabilities through the Tavily API, providing real-time web search, intelligent data extraction, website mapping, and web crawling tools.

**About this MCP Server:** To understand how to connect to and utilize this MCP server, please refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at [mcp.apify.com](https://mcp.apify.com).

### Connection URL

MCP clients can connect to this server at:

```text
https://mcp-servers--tavily-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp
```

### Client Configuration

To connect to this MCP server, use the following configuration in your MCP client:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "url": "https://mcp-servers--tavily-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

**Note:** Replace `YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN` with your actual Apify API token. You can find your token in the [Apify Console](https://console.apify.com/account/integrations).

### 🚩 Claim this MCP server

All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
To claim this server, please write to <ai@apify.com>.

***

## ![Tavily Crawl Beta](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp/raw/main/assets/Banner_NEW.png)

The Tavily MCP server provides:

- **search** - Real-time web search capabilities through the tavily-search tool
- **extract** - Intelligent data extraction from web pages via the tavily-extract tool
- **map** - Powerful web mapping tool that creates a structured map of website
- **crawl** - Web crawler that systematically explores websites

### Available Tools

#### tavily-search

Perform real-time web searches using Tavily's advanced search API. This tool can search the web for current information and return relevant, summarized results.

**Parameters:**

- `query` (string, required): The search query
- `search_depth` (string, optional): "basic" or "advanced" search depth
- `max_results` (number, optional): Maximum number of results to return
- `include_domains` (array, optional): List of domains to include in search
- `exclude_domains` (array, optional): List of domains to exclude from search

#### tavily-extract

Extract and analyze content from web pages using Tavily's intelligent extraction capabilities.

**Parameters:**

- `urls` (array, required): List of URLs to extract content from
- `content_type` (string, optional): Type of content to extract

#### tavily-map

Create a structured map of a website, showing its hierarchy and organization.

**Parameters:**

- `url` (string, required): The website URL to map
- `depth` (number, optional): How deep to crawl the website

#### tavily-crawl

Systematically explore and crawl websites to gather comprehensive information.

**Parameters:**

- `url` (string, required): The starting URL for crawling
- `max_pages` (number, optional): Maximum number of pages to crawl
- `depth` (number, optional): Maximum crawl depth

### Configuration

To use this MCP server, you'll need a Tavily API key. You can obtain one from [tavily.com](https://www.tavily.com/).

The server requires the following environment variable:

- `TAVILY_API_KEY`: Your Tavily API key

### References

To learn more about Apify and Actors, take a look at the following resources:

- [Apify SDK for JavaScript documentation](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/js)
- [Apify SDK for Python documentation](https://docs.apify.com/sdk/python)
- [Apify Platform documentation](https://docs.apify.com/platform)
- [Apify MCP Server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)
- [Webinar: Building and Monetizing MCP Servers on Apify](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AH3jIrXXo)
- [Join our developer community on Discord](https://discord.com/invite/jyEM2PRvMU)

# Actor input Schema

## Actor input object example

```json
{}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("agentify/tavily-mcp-server").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("agentify/tavily-mcp-server").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call agentify/tavily-mcp-server --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=agentify/tavily-mcp-server",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/5njSjIbSndERjFLTt/builds/1O0CTCi6XdEQJqlhY/openapi.json