Tavily Api Expert
Provides API guidance and assistance for agent workflows.
Install on your platform
We auto-selected Claude Code based on this skill’s supported platforms.
Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add tavily-api-expert npx -- -y @trustedskills/tavily-api-expert
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tavily-api-expert": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/tavily-api-expert"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
The tavily-api-expert skill enables AI agents to perform real-time web searches using the Tavily search engine, providing up-to-date information and relevant sources for complex queries. It acts as a bridge between an agent's internal knowledge base and the live internet, ensuring responses are grounded in current data.
When to use it
- Researching breaking news or recent events where training data cutoffs are insufficient.
- Verifying facts, statistics, or specific details found in initial search results.
- Gathering context for coding tasks that require checking external documentation or APIs.
- Answering user questions about current market trends, stock prices, or weather conditions.
Key capabilities
- Real-time Search: Executes live queries across the web to retrieve fresh information.
- Source Retrieval: Returns citations and links to the original articles or pages used for answers.
- Contextual Understanding: Interprets natural language queries to formulate effective search strings.
- Multi-step Reasoning: Can chain searches together to solve problems requiring multiple data points.
Example prompts
- "What are the latest developments in quantum computing announced this week?"
- "Find the current stock price of NVIDIA and summarize the top three news stories affecting it today."
- "Search for the official documentation on how to use the new Python 3.14 features."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure you have a valid Tavily API key configured in your agent's environment variables, as this skill requires authentication to function. While the skill provides excellent search results, always verify critical information from the provided source links, as AI agents may occasionally misinterpret raw search snippets.
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Security Audits
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Pass |
| Socket | Pass |
| Snyk | Pass |
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