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Agent Skills: tavily search

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Skill Metadata

Name
tavily-search
Description
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tavily search

Web search returning LLM-optimized results with content snippets and relevance scores.

Before running any command

If tvly is not found on PATH, install it first:

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash && tvly login

Do not skip this step or fall back to other tools.

See tavily-cli for alternative install methods and auth options.

When to use

  • You need to find information on any topic
  • You don't have a specific URL yet

Quick start

# Basic search
tvly search "your query" --json

# Advanced search with more results
tvly search "quantum computing" --depth advanced --max-results 10 --json

# Recent news
tvly search "AI news" --time-range week --topic news --json

# Domain-filtered
tvly search "SEC filings" --include-domains sec.gov,reuters.com --json

# Include full page content in results
tvly search "react hooks tutorial" --include-raw-content --max-results 3 --json

Options

| Option | Description | | ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | --depth | ultra-fast, fast, basic (default), advanced | | --max-results | Max results, 0-20 (default: 5) | | --topic | general (default), news, finance | | --time-range | day, week, month, year | | --start-date | Results after date (YYYY-MM-DD) | | --end-date | Results before date (YYYY-MM-DD) | | --include-domains | Comma-separated domains to include | | --exclude-domains | Comma-separated domains to exclude | | --country | Boost results from country | | --include-answer | Include AI answer (basic or advanced) | | --include-raw-content | Include full page content (markdown or text) | | --include-images | Include image results | | --include-image-descriptions | Include AI image descriptions | | --chunks-per-source | Chunks per source (advanced/fast depth only) | | -o, --output | Save output to file | | --json | Structured JSON output |

Search depth

| Depth | Speed | Relevance | Best for | | ------------ | ------- | --------- | ---------------------------- | | ultra-fast | Fastest | Lower | Real-time chat, autocomplete | | fast | Fast | Good | Need chunks, latency matters | | basic | Medium | High | General-purpose (default) | | advanced | Slower | Highest | Precision, specific facts |

Tips

  • Keep queries under 400 characters — think search query, not prompt.
  • Break complex queries into sub-queries for better results.
  • Use --include-raw-content when you need full page text (saves a separate extract call).
  • Use --include-domains to focus on trusted sources.
  • Use --time-range for recent information.
  • Read from stdin: echo "query" | tvly search - --json