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tavily-mcp MCP Server

Name: tavily-mcp MCP Server
Author: tavily-ai

MCP server for advanced web search using Tavily

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily-ai-tavily-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tavily-mcp@0.2.15"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY",
        "DEFAULT_PARAMETERS": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
TAVILY_API_KEY	Yes	Your Tavily API key from tavily.com Secret.
DEFAULT_PARAMETERS	No	JSON string with default search parameters (e.g., {"include_images": true, "max_results": 15})

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