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tavily-search: a Claude Code skill by Tavily AI

Official

For anyone who wants Claude to check current facts, news or sources on the web through Tavily. Skip it if you have no Tavily access or your work never needs live web data.

Before you install: For in-depth reports it tells Claude to install a second skill with npx skills add if it is missing, without saying to ask you first.

Copy install command View the source
Score
75of 100
Rank
#121of 239
Installs
38.2Kon skills.sh
Security
Mixed 4 scanners
Updated
2026
Context
~75tokens always

Install

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

Run it in your terminal. View the source

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-search do?

tavily-search is a skill that tells Claude how to research the web with Tavily's search, extract, map and crawl tools, through MCP or the tvly CLI. Claude picks the tool by what it has: a question gets a search, known URLs get an extract, a site without the right page gets a map, and a whole section gets a crawl. Searches use advanced depth and 10 results, split multi-part questions into focused queries, and save long results to a file with -o. Claude stops once two independent sources agree, confirms official facts on the official domain, and hands deep reports to the separate tavily-research skill.

When should you use tavily-search?

Use it when

  • You need facts newer than Claude's training data
  • You want claims checked against two independent sources
  • You need many pages pulled from one site section

Skip it when

  • You have no Tavily API access, MCP server or CLI
  • You want a long multi-source report rather than a fact

What it needs and what it can touch

You need

  • A Tavily account, with either the Tavily MCP server or the tvly CLI

What it can do

  • Runs shell commands (tvly)
  • Sends search queries and URLs to an outside service (Tavily)
  • Saves large results to local files
  • May install the tavily-research skill with npx skills add

From reading its instructions, not from running it.

Why it scores 75

Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (45).

  • Adoption35 points 45
  • 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-search 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 HubPassedNov 3, 2026
SocketPassedNov 4, 2026
SnykMedium riskNov 3, 2026
ZeroLeaksLow riskApr 15, 2026

Details

Installs
38,200
Repository stars
490
Last repository change
Tokens always loaded
about 75
Tokens when used
about 1,278
License
MIT
Data confidence
High

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