Tavily Search and Extract

Tool Selection

Tavily Search (

mcp__tavily__tavily_search

)

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

Tavily Extract (

mcp__tavily__tavily-extract

)

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

Hook Behavior

tavily_extract_to_advanced.py

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_API_KEY

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

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