# Tavily API

> Real-time web layer for AI agents: search, extract, crawl, map and cited research returned as clean LLM-ready content.

- id: `tavily-api`
- category: APIs (`apis`)
- url: https://www.tavily.com
- docs: https://docs.tavily.com
- status: active
- pricing: freemium
- tags: web-search, extraction, crawling, research
- llms.txt: https://docs.tavily.com/llms.txt
- mcp endpoint: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/
- auth: api-key
- related: Tavily MCP Server (https://indexagentica.com/entries/tavily-mcp/); Exa API (https://indexagentica.com/entries/exa-api/)
- sources: https://www.tavily.com , https://www.tavily.com/llms.txt
- added: 2026-10-02
- updated: 2026-10-02
- last verified: 2026-10-02
- featured in: Web search APIs for agents (https://indexagentica.com/compare/web-search-apis/); Research agent stack (https://indexagentica.com/stacks/research-agent/)
- maintainer: Tavily
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/tavily-api/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/tavily-api.json

Per Tavily's llms.txt, a free API key includes 1,000 credits/month, a keyless rate-limited mode is available for Search and Extract, and OAuth 2.0 is supported for MCP clients.