Tomatio13/mcp-server-tavily

Overview

An MCP server that wraps the Tavily search API, enabling AI agents to perform web searches through the Model Context Protocol. It was developed as a community-built alternative before the official Tavily MCP server was released. Written in Python, it provides a lightweight integration for search capabilities.

Best for

Best for
Developers who need a quick MCP search integration using Tavily before the official server or as a lightweight alternative.

Use cases

• Adding web search to Claude Desktop via MCP
• Providing real-time search results to AI agents
• Enabling tool-based search queries in MCP-compatible applications

How to use

Install

npx -y @smithery/cli install tavily-search --client claude

Tools exposed

• search

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Cursor

Example client config

"mcpServers": {\n  "tavily-search": {\n    "command": "uv",\n    "args": [\n      "--directory",\n      "C:\\your_path\\mcp-server-tavily",\n      "run",\n      "tavily-search"\n    ],\n    "env": {\n      "TAVILY_API_KEY": "YOUR_TAVILY_API_KEY",\n      "PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8"\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server that wraps the Tavily search API, enabling AI agents to perform web searches through the Model Context Protocol. It was developed as a community-built alternative before the official Tavily MCP server was released. Written in Python, it provides a lightweight integration for search capabilities.

47 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2025-08-19. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Adding web search to Claude Desktop via MCP
• Providing real-time search results to AI agents
• Enabling tool-based search queries in MCP-compatible applications

Pros

• Lightweight Python implementation that is easy to deploy
• Fills the gap before the official Tavily MCP server was available
• Actively maintained with 47 stars on GitHub

Cons

• Not an official Tavily product, so updates and support are community-driven
• Limited to the functionality of the Tavily API, no additional search providers
• May lack features or stability compared to an official server

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