# Does Tavily have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** Tavily maintains an official MCP server.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/`
- Repository: [tavily-ai/tavily-mcp](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp) — ★ 2.3k, last push 2026-08-09, MIT
- Maintainer: Tavily AI
- Language: JavaScript
- Category: [Search & Data Extraction](https://mcpyet.com/category/search-data-extraction/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-08-10
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> Production ready MCP server with real-time search, extract, map & crawl.
> — how [tavily-ai/tavily-mcp](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp) describes itself

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/` — a remote server run by Tavily itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/mcp>.
- **Official repository:** [tavily-ai/tavily-mcp](https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp) — ★ 2.3k, pushed 2026-08-09, MIT (active)

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http tavily https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tavily": {
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "tavily": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

Official hosted remote MCP server at mcp.tavily.com documented at docs.tavily.com, plus the open-source tavily-ai/tavily-mcp repo.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Search & Data Extraction

- [Perplexity](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/perplexity.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Exa](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/exa.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Bright Data](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/bright-data.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tavily/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11