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Quality Score
70
/100

MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily

§01  Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<your-tavily_api_key>",
        "DEFAULT_PARAMETERS": "<default_parameters>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<your-tavily_api_key>",
        "DEFAULT_PARAMETERS": "<default_parameters>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y tavily-mcp
§02  Environment variables
TAVILY_API_KEY
requiredsecret

Your Tavily API key from tavily.com

DEFAULT_PARAMETERS

JSON string with default search parameters (e.g., {"include_images": true, "max_results": 15})

§03  MCP Quality Score  ·  methodology
freshness
20
completeness
5
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
5
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