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tavily-best-practices: a Claude Code skill by Tavily AI

Official

For developers adding Tavily web search, extraction or crawling to their own agent, RAG system or app. Skip it if you just want Claude itself to search the web for you.

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Score
73of 100
Rank
#147of 239
Installs
21.5Kon skills.sh
Security
Mixed 5 scanners
Updated
2026
Context
~77tokens always

Install

npx skills add https://github.com/tavily-ai/skills --skill tavily-best-practices

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Using the Claude app rather than Claude Code? You can add a skill there too. How to add it in the app

What does tavily-best-practices do?

tavily-best-practices is a skill that serves as reference documentation for building Tavily into your own code, in Python with tavily-python or JavaScript with @tavily/core. It shows how to create the client from the TAVILY_API_KEY environment variable, then matches each need to a method: search() for results, extract() for up to 20 URLs, crawl() for a whole site, map() for URL discovery, and research() for a synthesized report that you poll until done. Each method lists key parameters, such as search_depth and include_domains. Linked guides cover async use, hybrid RAG, and hookups for LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI and the Vercel AI SDK.

When should you use tavily-best-practices?

Use it when

  • You are adding live web search to a RAG pipeline
  • You need to crawl a docs site from your own code
  • You want web search wired into LangChain or CrewAI

Skip it when

  • You want Claude to search for you in chat
  • Your app uses a different search API

What it needs and what it can touch

You need

  • A Tavily API key
  • Python or Node.js

What it can do

  • Reads and edits project files

From reading its instructions, not from running it.

Why it scores 73

Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (39).

  • Adoption35 points 39
  • Upkeep20 points 100
  • Trust20 points 97
  • Quality15 points 85
  • Reader answers10 points Not enough answers yet, so this does not count

How the formula works

Is tavily-best-practices safe to install?

At least one scanner raised a medium warning. Read the results below. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.

ScannerResultDate
Gen Agent Trust HubPassedSep 14, 2026
SocketPassedSep 14, 2026
SnykMedium riskSep 14, 2026
RunlayerLow riskMar 2, 2026
ZeroLeaksPassedApr 16, 2026

Details

Installs
21,526
Repository stars
490
Last repository change
Tokens always loaded
about 77
Tokens when used
about 1,009
License
MIT
Data confidence
High

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