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Cursor Plugin Tavily Tavily Search by kunanonj

Name: Cursor Plugin Tavily Tavily Search
Author: KunanonJ

Cursor Plugin Tavily Tavily Search

Search the web with LLM-optimized results via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to search the web, find articles, look up information, get recent news, discover sources, or says \"search for\", \"find me\", \"look up\", \"what's the latest on\", \"find articles about\", or needs current information from the internet. Returns relevant results with content snippets, relevance scores

KunanonJ Updated Sep 17, 2026

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tavily search

Web search returning LLM-optimized results with content snippets and relevance scores.

Prerequisites

Requires the Tavily CLI. See tavily-cli for install and auth setup.

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

When to use

You need to find information on any topic
You don't have a specific URL yet
First step in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research

Quick start

# Basic search
tvly search "your query" --json

# Advanced search with more results
tvly search "quantum computing" --depth advanced --max-results 10 --json

# Recent news
tvly search "AI news" --time-range week --topic news --json

# Domain-filtered
tvly search "SEC filings" --include-domains sec.gov,reuters.com --json

# Include full page content in results
tvly search "react hooks tutorial" --include-raw-content --max-results 3 --json

Options

Option	Description
`--depth`	`ultra-fast`, `fast`, `basic` (default), `advanced`
`--max-results`	Max results, 0-20 (default: 5)
`--topic`	`general` (default), `news`, `finance`
`--time-range`	`day`, `week`, `month`, `year`
`--start-date`	Results after date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`--end-date`	Results before date (YYYY-MM-DD)
`--include-domains`	Comma-separated domains to include
`--exclude-domains`	Comma-separated domains to exclude
`--country`	Boost results from country
`--include-answer`	Include AI answer (`basic` or `advanced`)
`--include-raw-content`	Include full page content (`markdown` or `text`)
`--include-images`	Include image results
`--include-image-descriptions`	Include AI image descriptions
`--chunks-per-source`	Chunks per source (advanced/fast depth only)
`-o, --output`	Save output to file
`--json`	Structured JSON output

Search depth

Depth	Speed	Relevance	Best for
`ultra-fast`	Fastest	Lower	Real-time chat, autocomplete
`fast`	Fast	Good	Need chunks, latency matters
`basic`	Medium	High	General-purpose (default)
`advanced`	Slower	Highest	Precision, specific facts

Tips

Keep queries under 400 characters — think search query, not prompt.
Break complex queries into sub-queries for better results.
Use --include-raw-content when you need full page text (saves a separate extract call).
Use --include-domains to focus on trusted sources.
Use --time-range for recent information.
Read from stdin: echo "query" | tvly search - --json

---name: cursor-plugin-tavily-tavily-searchdescription: Search the web with LLM-optimized results via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to search the web, find articles, look up information, get recent news, discover sources, or says \"search for\", \"find me\", \"look up\", \"what's the latest on\", \"find articles about\", or needs current information from the internet. Returns relevant results with content snippets, relevance scores---# tavily searchWeb search returning LLM-optimized results with content snippets and relevance scores.## PrerequisitesRequires the Tavily CLI. See [tavily-cli](../tavily-cli/SKILL.md) for install and auth setup.Quick install: `curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash && tvly login`## When to use- You need to find information on any topic- You don't have a specific URL yet- First step in the [workflow](../tavily-cli/SKILL.md): **search** → extract → map → crawl → research## Quick start```bash# Basic searchtvly search "your query" --json# Advanced search with more resultstvly search "quantum computing" --depth advanced --max-results 10 --json# Recent newstvly search "AI news" --time-range week --topic news --json# Domain-filteredtvly search "SEC filings" --include-domains sec.gov,reuters.com --json# Include full page content in resultstvly search "react hooks tutorial" --include-raw-content --max-results 3 --json```## Options| Option | Description ||--------|-------------|| `--depth` | `ultra-fast`, `fast`, `basic` (default), `advanced` || `--max-results` | Max results, 0-20 (default: 5) || `--topic` | `general` (default), `news`, `finance` || `--time-range` | `day`, `week`, `month`, `year` || `--start-date` | Results after date (YYYY-MM-DD) || `--end-date` | Results before date (YYYY-MM-DD) || `--include-domains` | Comma-separated domains to include || `--exclude-domains` | Comma-separated domains to exclude || `--country` | Boost results from country || `--include-answer` | Include AI answer (`basic` or `advanced`) || `--include-raw-content` | Include full page content (`markdown` or `text`) || `--include-images` | Include image results || `--include-image-descriptions` | Include AI image descriptions || `--chunks-per-source` | Chunks per source (advanced/fast depth only) || `-o, --output` | Save output to file || `--json` | Structured JSON output |## Search depth| Depth | Speed | Relevance | Best for ||-------|-------|-----------|----------|| `ultra-fast` | Fastest | Lower | Real-time chat, autocomplete || `fast` | Fast | Good | Need chunks, latency matters || `basic` | Medium | High | General-purpose (default) || `advanced` | Slower | Highest | Precision, specific facts |## Tips- **Keep queries under 400 characters** — think search query, not prompt.- **Break complex queries into sub-queries** for better results.- **Use `--include-raw-content`** when you need full page text (saves a separate extract call).- **Use `--include-domains`** to focus on trusted sources.- **Use `--time-range`** for recent information.- Read from stdin: `echo "query" | tvly search - --json`## See also- [tavily-extract](../tavily-extract/SKILL.md) — extract content from specific URLs- [tavily-research](../tavily-research/SKILL.md) — comprehensive multi-source research

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