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Is Tavily Search free to use?

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Who published Tavily Search?

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Tavily Search by baofeng-tech — Agent Skill

Name: Tavily Search
Author: baofeng-tech

Tavily Search

Advanced web search via Tavily through AIsa API. Supports search depth, topic filtering (general/news/finance), time ranges, domain inclusion/exclusion, and LLM-generated answers. Use when: the user needs web search, research, source discovery, or content extraction.

baofeng-tech Updated Sep 21, 2026 1 repo stars

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AIsa Tavily Search

Advanced web search powered by Tavily through the AIsa API. Offers fine-grained control over search depth, topic categories, time ranges, domain filtering, and optional LLM-generated answer summaries.

Setup

This skill requires the AISA_API_KEY environment variable. When installed as a Claude plugin, the key is configured via the plugin's userConfig.

Usage

Run the search client with the tavily subcommand:

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "<search query>" [options]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Default	Description
`--query` / `-q`	Yes	—	Search query
`--count` / `-c`	No	5	Maximum results (1–20)
`--depth`	No	basic	Search depth: `basic`, `advanced`, `fast`, `ultra-fast`
`--topic`	No	—	Topic filter: `general`, `news`, `finance`
`--time-range`	No	—	Time range filter
`--include-answer`	No	false	Include an LLM-generated answer summary

Examples

# Basic search
python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "OpenAI latest announcements" --count 10

# Advanced news search with answer
python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "AI regulation 2026" --depth advanced --topic news --include-answer

# Finance-focused search
python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "NVIDIA earnings Q1 2026" --topic finance --include-answer

Output

The script prints structured results including:

Title — Page title
URL — Direct link
Date — Publication date (when available)
Content — Relevant excerpt
Answer — LLM-generated summary (when --include-answer is used)

When to Use

Use this skill when the user needs advanced search with specific filtering requirements: news-only results, finance-focused results, time-bounded searches, or when they want an AI-generated answer alongside raw results. This is the most feature-rich search tool in the plugin.

---name: tavily-search-4description: Advanced web search via Tavily through AIsa API. Supports search depth, topic filtering (general/news/finance), time ranges, domain inclusion/exclusion, and LLM-generated answers. Use when: the user needs web search, research, source discovery, or content extraction.license: Apache-2.0---# AIsa Tavily SearchAdvanced web search powered by Tavily through the AIsa API. Offers fine-grained control over search depth, topic categories, time ranges, domain filtering, and optional LLM-generated answer summaries.## SetupThis skill requires the `AISA_API_KEY` environment variable. When installed as a Claude plugin, the key is configured via the plugin's `userConfig`.## UsageRun the search client with the `tavily` subcommand:```bashpython3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "<search query>" [options]```### Arguments| Argument | Required | Default | Description ||----------|----------|---------|-------------|| `--query` / `-q` | Yes | — | Search query || `--count` / `-c` | No | 5 | Maximum results (1–20) || `--depth` | No | basic | Search depth: `basic`, `advanced`, `fast`, `ultra-fast` || `--topic` | No | — | Topic filter: `general`, `news`, `finance` || `--time-range` | No | — | Time range filter || `--include-answer` | No | false | Include an LLM-generated answer summary |### Examples```bash# Basic searchpython3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "OpenAI latest announcements" --count 10# Advanced news search with answerpython3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "AI regulation 2026" --depth advanced --topic news --include-answer# Finance-focused searchpython3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/tavily-search/scripts/search_client.py tavily --query "NVIDIA earnings Q1 2026" --topic finance --include-answer```## OutputThe script prints structured results including:- **Title** — Page title- **URL** — Direct link- **Date** — Publication date (when available)- **Content** — Relevant excerpt- **Answer** — LLM-generated summary (when `--include-answer` is used)## When to UseUse this skill when the user needs advanced search with specific filtering requirements: news-only results, finance-focused results, time-bounded searches, or when they want an AI-generated answer alongside raw results. This is the most feature-rich search tool in the plugin.

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