Tavily search

Skill aiskillstore/marketplace/skills/tavily-ai/tavily-search

Search the web with LLM-optimized results via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to search the web, find articles, look up information, get recent news, discover sources, or says "search for", "find me", "look up", "what's the latest on", "find articles about", or needs current information from the internet. Returns relevant results with content snippets, relevance scores, and metadata — optimized for LLM consumption. Supports domain filtering, time ranges, and multiple search depths.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill tavily-search

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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
First step in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research

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

What ships with it: 1 file

38.3 KB alongside SKILL.md

skill-report.json38.3 KB