io.github.tavily-ai/tavily-mcp
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_KEYrequiredsecret
Your Tavily API key from tavily.com
DEFAULT_PARAMETERSJSON 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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