Agent skill

Tavily

Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools. An agent skill from openclaw/openclaw.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Tavily

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .claude/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .claude/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .agents/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .agents/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .cursor/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .cursor/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git --path extensions/tavily/skills/tavily

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .gemini/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .gemini/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .github/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .github/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw tavily --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily .opencode/skills/tavily && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "tavily" agent skill from https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/extensions/tavily/skills/tavily into .opencode/skills/tavily/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tavily", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: tavily
GitHub stars: 392k
Used in: 2 other repos
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 421 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 96
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 8, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools. An agent skill from openclaw/openclaw.

Works in 3 steps: web_search — Quick lookup, no special… → tavily_search — Need depth control,… → tavily_extract — Have specific URLs,…
Tasks that involve Web search
SKILL.md covers When to use which tool, web_search, tavily_search and tavily_extract, plus 1 more section
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Tavily is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Web search. It works with Tavily. The repository describes itself as: The AI that really does things. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Web search

Example prompts

“/tavily”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

web_search — Quick lookup, no special options needed.
tavily_search — Need depth control, topic filtering, domain filters, time ranges, or AI answers.
tavily_extract — Have specific URLs, need their full content or targeted chunks.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f8e594e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tavily loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 16 tokens; SKILL.md has 421 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~16
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from openclaw/openclaw at commit f8e594e, republished under its MIT licence (© openclaw). 421 words, ~1,215 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tavily/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: tavily
description: Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools.

Tavily Tools

When to use which tool

Need	Tool	When
Quick web search	`web_search`	Basic queries, no special options needed
Search with advanced options	`tavily_search`	Need depth, topic, domain filters, time ranges, or AI answers
Extract content from URLs	`tavily_extract`	Have specific URLs, need their content

web_search

Tavily powers this automatically when selected as the search provider. Use for straightforward queries where you don't need Tavily-specific options.

Parameter	Description
`query`	Search query string
`count`	Number of results (1-20)

tavily_search

Use when you need fine-grained control over search behavior.

Parameter	Description
`query`	Search query string (keep under 400 characters)
`search_depth`	`basic` (default, balanced) or `advanced` (highest relevance, slower)
`topic`	`general` (default), `news` (real-time updates), or `finance`
`max_results`	Number of results, 1-20 (default: 5)
`include_answer`	Include an AI-generated answer summary (default: false)
`time_range`	Filter by recency: `day`, `week`, `month`, or `year`
`include_domains`	Array of domains to restrict results to
`exclude_domains`	Array of domains to exclude from results

Search depth

Depth	Speed	Relevance	Best for
`basic`	Faster	High	General-purpose queries (default)
`advanced`	Slower	Highest	Precision, specific facts, detailed research

Tips

Keep queries under 400 characters — think search query, not prompt.
Break complex queries into sub-queries for better results.
Use include_domains to focus on trusted sources.
Use time_range for recent information (news, current events).
Use include_answer when you need a quick synthesized answer.

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tavily_extract

Use when you have specific URLs and need their content. Handles JavaScript-rendered pages and returns clean markdown. Supports query-focused chunking for targeted extraction.

Parameter	Description
`urls`	Array of URLs to extract (1-20 per request)
`query`	Rerank extracted chunks by relevance to this query
`extract_depth`	`basic` (default, fast) or `advanced` (for JS-heavy pages, tables)
`chunks_per_source`	Chunks per URL, 1-5 (requires `query`)
`include_images`	Include image URLs in results (default: false)

Extract depth

Depth	When to use
`basic`	Simple pages — try this first
`advanced`	JS-rendered SPAs, dynamic content, tables, embedded content

Tips

Max 20 URLs per request — batch larger lists into multiple calls.
Use query + chunks_per_source to get only relevant content instead of full pages.
Try basic first, fall back to advanced if content is missing or incomplete.
If tavily_search results already contain the snippets you need, skip the extract step.

Choosing the right workflow

Follow this escalation pattern — start simple, escalate only when needed:

web_search — Quick lookup, no special options needed.
tavily_search — Need depth control, topic filtering, domain filters, time ranges, or AI answers.
tavily_extract — Have specific URLs, need their full content or targeted chunks.

Combine search + extract when you need to find pages first, then get their full content.

Files

Just SKILL.md in extensions/tavily/skills/tavily of openclaw/openclaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f8e594e

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in openclaw/openclaw, which our catalogue first saw on October 8, 2026.

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Questions about Tavily

What does Tavily do?

Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools. An agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. Tavily is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. Tavily web search, content extraction, and research tools.

When should I use Tavily?

Tavily fits situations like: tasks that involve Web search.

How do I install Tavily in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (extensions/tavily/skills/tavily in openclaw/openclaw) into .claude/skills/tavily in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tavily in Codex?

Run `npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (extensions/tavily/skills/tavily in openclaw/openclaw) into .agents/skills/tavily in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tavily in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill tavily -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tavily, .gemini/skills/tavily, .github/skills/tavily and .opencode/skills/tavily in your project.

What does Tavily need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tavily is instructions for the agent only.

Does Tavily access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tavily safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tavily use?

Tavily is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tavily use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Tavily?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tavily: Ultimate Search (ckckck/UltimateSearchSkill, 289 stars), Web Search (EXboys/skilllite, 170 stars), Mysearch (skernelx/MySearch-Proxy, 159 stars) and Web Search Plus Plugin V2 (robbyczgw-cla/web-search-plus-plugin, 101 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tavily?

openclaw (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openclaw/openclaw, which has 391,504 GitHub stars. The repository holds 96 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: openclaw/openclaw on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Tavily

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Tavily Tools

When to use which tool

web_search

tavily_search

Search depth

Tips

tavily_extract

Extract depth

Tips

Choosing the right workflow

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

Compare with similar skills

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