What is Tavily — Search API Built for AI Agents & RAG?

Search API designed specifically for AI agents and RAG pipelines. Returns clean, LLM-ready results with content extraction, no HTML parsing needed. Official MCP server available. 5,000+ stars.

Is Tavily — Search API Built for AI Agents & RAG free to use?

Yes. Tavily — Search API Built for AI Agents & RAG is freely available on TokRepo. Check the Source & Thanks section on the asset page for the specific open-source license.

How do I install Tavily — Search API Built for AI Agents & RAG?

Visit the asset page on TokRepo and click "Copy for agent" to get the installation instructions. Most assets can be installed with a single command.

Tavily — Search API Built for AI Agents & RAG

Why Tavily Over Google API

Feature	Google Search API	Tavily
Output	HTML snippets	Clean text, LLM-ready
Content extraction	Manual scraping needed	Built-in
Source quality	All results	Filtered for relevance
Token efficiency	Wasteful (HTML tags)	Optimized for LLMs
Pricing	Per query	1,000 free/month

MCP Tools Available

`tavily_search`

"Search for best practices for deploying Claude Code in enterprise"

Returns: clean text results with URLs and relevance scores.

`tavily_extract`

"Extract the main content from https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents"

Returns: clean markdown from any URL.

Python SDK

from tavily import TavilyClient

client = TavilyClient(api_key="tvly-...")

# Basic search
results = client.search("latest AI agent frameworks 2026")

# Advanced search with content extraction
results = client.search(
    query="Claude Code best practices",
    search_depth="advanced",
    include_raw_content=True,
    max_results=5
)

for r in results["results"]:
    print(f"{r['title']}: {r['content'][:200]}")

Integration with Agent Frameworks

# LangChain
from langchain_community.tools import TavilySearchResults
tool = TavilySearchResults(max_results=5)

# CrewAI
from crewai_tools import TavilySearchTool
search = TavilySearchTool()

Key Stats

5,000+ GitHub stars
1,000 free searches/month
LLM-optimized output
MCP server + Python/JS SDKs
LangChain, CrewAI integrations

FAQ

Q: What is Tavily? A: Tavily is a search API built for AI agents that returns clean, LLM-ready text results instead of HTML, with built-in content extraction and source attribution.

Q: Is Tavily free? A: Free tier includes 1,000 searches/month. Paid plans for higher volume.

Q: How is Tavily different from Firecrawl? A: Tavily is a search engine — it finds relevant pages. Firecrawl is a scraper — it extracts content from URLs you specify. They complement each other.