Tavily CLI

Tavily CLI

Native web access for agents from the terminal. Search, extract, crawl, and research with structured output designed for agent workflows.

• Website: https://tavily.com
• Docs: https://docs.tavily.com

Installation

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash
tvly login

Key Commands

Search

Natural language web search — results are ranked, filtered, and compressed for LLM use (no raw HTML).

tvly search "latest developments in AI agents"
tvly search "Series B AI infrastructure companies founded after 2023" --json

Extract

Pull structured content from a specific URL.

tvly extract "https://docs.example.com/api" --json

Crawl

Crawl a site with a specific objective.

tvly crawl "https://docs.tavily.com/welcome" --objective "find documentation on n8n integration" --json

Research

Deep multi-source research on a topic.

tvly research "competitive landscape of AI code assistants" --json

Output Modes

• Default: human-readable
• --json: structured JSON output for agent parsing

Agent-Friendly Features

• All commands support --json for structured output
• Results pre-processed for LLM consumption (no raw HTML cleanup needed)
• Designed for iterative search loops (search → inspect → refine → search again)
• API key auth via tvly login