Tavily FAQs

Question 1

What are the key features of Tavily?

Accepted Answer

Tavily offers AI-powered web searches, direct answer generation, news search with publication dates, domain inclusion/exclusion for refined results, and prompt templates for each search type.

Question 2

How do I configure Tavily for Claude.app?

Accepted Answer

Add a `mcpServers` section to your Claude settings, defining the command to run the Tavily server and specifying your Tavily API key as an environment variable.

Question 3

How do I use Tavily with my LLM?

Accepted Answer

You can use the Tavily MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. It provides tools like `tavily_web_search`, `tavily_answer_search`, and `tavily_news_search`. You'll need a Tavily API key and can install the server using pip or from source.

Question 4

What is Tavily?

Accepted Answer

Tavily is an AI-powered web search API designed for use with Large Language Models (LLMs). It allows LLMs to perform sophisticated web searches, extract relevant content, and generate direct answers with supporting evidence.

Question 5

What kind of searches can I perform with Tavily?

Accepted Answer

Tavily supports comprehensive web searches, answer-focused searches that provide direct answers with supporting evidence, and searches for recent news articles with publication dates. You can also refine your searches by including or excluding specific domains.

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