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tavily-usage

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About tavily-usage

tavily-usage is a skill guide for using Tavily MCP tools to search the web and retrieve content from specific URLs. It separates broad discovery with search from detailed follow-up extraction and describes the required API key.

Key features

  1. 01Web search with Tavily Search
  2. 02URL content retrieval with Tavily Extract
  3. 03Discovery-to-extraction workflow
  4. 04Automatic advanced-mode extract hook
  5. 05TAVILY_API_KEY setup guidance

Use cases

  1. 01Find relevant web pages for research
  2. 02Retrieve detailed content from selected URLs
  3. 03Gather and process sources for an answer

MCP support

It guides use of Tavily MCP tools: Tavily Search discovers web results, while Tavily Extract retrieves content from specified URLs. The skill also describes a hook that upgrades extract calls to advanced mode when needed.

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings --skill tavily-usage

After installing, type/tavily-usagein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Tavily Search and Extract

Use Tavily MCP tools for web search and content retrieval operations.

Tool Selection

Tavily Search (mcp__tavily__tavily_search)

Use for:

  • Keyword-based searches across the web
  • Finding relevant pages and content
  • Quick answer gathering
  • Multiple result discovery

Best for: Initial research, finding sources, broad queries

Tavily Extract (mcp__tavily__tavily-extract)

Use for:

  • Getting detailed content from specific URLs
  • Deep analysis of page content
  • Structured data extraction
  • Following up on search results

Best for: In-depth analysis, specific URL content, detailed information

Hook Behavior

tavily_extract_to_advanced.py hook automatically upgrades extract calls to advanced mode for better accuracy when needed.

Integration Pattern

  1. Use mcp__tavily__tavily_search for discovery phase
  2. Analyze results to find relevant URLs
  3. Use mcp__tavily__tavily-extract for detailed content on specific URLs
  4. Process extracted content for user needs

Environment Variables

Tavily MCP requires:

  • TAVILY_API_KEY - API key from Tavily (tvly-...)

Configure in shell before using the plugin.

Cost Considerations

  • Search is cheaper than extract
  • Use search to filter relevant URLs first
  • Only extract URLs that are likely relevant
  • Cache results when possible

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