tavily-mcp-search

tavily-mcp-search

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My Tavily Search MCP Agent is a Model Context Protocol Server leveraging the Tavily API for efficient web searches across business, news, finance, and politics. It provides developer-friendly features such as asynchronous handling, error recovery, and clean results formatting.

🔍 My Tavily Search MCP Agent

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server powered by the Tavily API, designed for high-quality, reliable information retrieval from business, news, finance, and politics through a robust developer interface.

🌟 Why I Built Tavily Search MCP

  • Lightning-fast async search responses
  • Built-in fault tolerance and automatic retries
  • Clean markdown-formatted results
  • Smart content snippets
  • Comprehensive error handling
  • Optional image results
  • Specialized news search

🚀 Quick Start

Installing via Smithery

Install Tavily Search for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery.

💡 Core Features

  • Asynchronous request handling
  • Built-in error handling and automatic retries
  • Configurable request timeouts
  • Comprehensive logging
  • Clean markdown-formatted output
  • Snippet previews with source URLs

🛠️ Developer Integration

  • Requires Python 3.11+, UV Package Manager, and a Tavily API key.

Project Architecture

  • Clean, modular structure for ease of development.

Key Components

  • MCP protocol implementation and error recovery
  • Tavily API client integration

Troubleshooting Guide

  • Connection issues and API troubleshooting steps provided.

Running Tests

  • Instructions to run unit tests using pytest.

Community and Support

  • Encourages GitHub issue reporting and contribution.

Security and Best Practices

  • Secure API key handling, timeout management, and error tracking.

License

  • Licensed under MIT.

Acknowledgments

  • Thanks to the Tavily API team and MCP protocol community.