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Tavily
AI-optimized web search with automatic summarization
Tavily
Tavily is an AI-optimized search engine designed specifically for LLM applications. It returns clean, summarized results — not raw HTML — making it ideal for AI agent workflows.
Overview
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | tavily |
| Category | Tool — Search |
| Auth | API Key |
Operations
| Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| Search | AI-optimized web search |
| Extract | Extract content from specific URLs |
Configuration
| Setting | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| API Key | Password | Tavily API key |
| Query | Short input | Search query |
| Search Depth | Dropdown | basic (fast) or advanced (thorough) |
| Max Results | Slider | Number of results (1–20) |
| Include Answer | Toggle | Get a direct AI-generated answer |
| Include Domains | Short input | Limit search to specific domains |
| Exclude Domains | Short input | Exclude specific domains |
Outputs
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
results | json | Structured search results |
answer | string | AI-generated direct answer |
content | string | Combined result content |
Example: AI Research Assistant
Workflow:
[Starter] → [Tavily: Search] → [Agent: Synthesize] → [Response]User asks a research question. Tavily searches with advanced depth and Include Answer enabled. Agent synthesizes Tavily's results into a comprehensive answer with citations.
Tips
- Best search for AI agents — results are pre-cleaned and summarized
- Advanced depth does multi-step searching — slower but more thorough
- Domain filtering is powerful —
include: arxiv.org, nature.comfor academic research - Include Answer gives a quick summary before the full results