# Tavily MCP AI integration on Definable

> AI-powered search API for real-time web search, extraction, and crawling optimized for AI agents.

## What this connects

AI-powered search API for real-time web search, extraction, and crawling optimized for AI agents.

Vendor: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/

## Tools available

**5** tools available. First 5:

- `TAVILY_MCP_TAVILY_CRAWL` — Tavily crawl — Crawl a website starting from a URL. Extracts content from pages with configurable depth and breadth.
- `TAVILY_MCP_TAVILY_EXTRACT` — Tavily extract — Extract content from URLs. Returns raw page content in markdown or text format.
- `TAVILY_MCP_TAVILY_MAP` — Tavily map — Map a website's structure. Returns a list of URLs found starting from the base URL.
- `TAVILY_MCP_TAVILY_RESEARCH` — Tavily research — Perform comprehensive research on a given topic or question. Use this tool when you need to gather information from multiple sources, including web pages, documents, and other resources, to answer a question or complete a task. Returns a detailed response based on the research findings.
- `TAVILY_MCP_TAVILY_SEARCH` — Tavily search — Search the web for current information on any topic. Use for news, facts, or data beyond your knowledge cutoff. Returns snippets and source URLs.

## Auth

Auth schemes: `DCR_OAUTH`.

## How agents use Tavily MCP

Inside a Definable workflow, Tavily MCP is one of the tools the **Distributor specialist** can call. Example coordination patterns:

- **Researcher → Tavily MCP** — the Researcher (GPT-5.5) pulls context from Tavily MCP (records, threads, documents), synthesises findings, and briefs the rest of the team.
- **Writer → Distributor → Tavily MCP** — the Writer (Claude Opus 4.7) drafts copy in brand voice, the Verifier passes it, then the Distributor writes the result into Tavily MCP (create record, post message, draft email).
- **Designer / Engineer → Distributor → Tavily MCP** — the Designer ships an asset or the Engineer ships a code change, the Distributor delivers it via Tavily MCP (attach file, open PR comment, post status).

The Verifier checks every Tavily MCP call. On rate limit, schema drift, or auth refresh it self-heals and retries — the workflow completes without manual intervention.

## Categories

- model context protocol — https://definable.ai/apps/category/model-context-protocol/
- artificial intelligence — https://definable.ai/apps/category/artificial-intelligence/
- ai agents — https://definable.ai/apps/category/ai-agents/
- developer tools — https://definable.ai/apps/category/developer-tools/

## Related

- HTML page: https://definable.ai/apps/tavily_mcp/
- Same category (model context protocol): https://definable.ai/apps/category/model-context-protocol/
- All integrations: https://definable.ai/apps/
- Workflow (multi-agent loop): https://definable.ai/workflow/
- Apps llms.txt index: https://definable.ai/llms-apps.txt