Tavily Search

Tavily is a search API purpose-built for AI agents. It returns clean, structured results that are optimized for LLM consumption — including extracted content, not just links.

What You Can Do

  • Perform fast, accurate web searches
  • Get extracted page content (not just links)
  • Search with topic-specific depth settings
  • Filter by domains and date ranges
  • Get raw content for document analysis

Example Commands

"Search for the latest funding rounds in AI startups"

"Research best practices for B2B cold outreach"

"Find technical documentation for the Stripe API"

"What are the top 5 results about remote work productivity?"

Setup

1. Get a Tavily API Key

  1. Go to tavily.com
  2. Sign up for an account
  3. Navigate to your API dashboard
  4. Copy your API key from the dashboard

2. Add to Clawly

  1. Go to your Clawly Dashboard
  2. Find the Tavily Search skill
  3. Click Configure
  4. Paste your Tavily API Key
  5. Click Save

How It Works

When you ask Clawly to search:

  1. Query sent — Your question is sent to Tavily
  2. Web search — Tavily searches and extracts clean content from top pages
  3. Structured results — Returns titles, URLs, scores, and raw content
  4. AI synthesis — Clawly summarizes findings into a useful response

Search Depth Options

Tavily supports two search depths:

ModeSpeedDepthUse Case
BasicFastShallowQuick lookups
AdvancedSlowerDeepResearch tasks

Pricing

Tavily offers:

  • Free — 1,000 API credits/month
  • Starter — $35/month for 10,000 credits
  • Growth — Higher limits, priority support

Need help? Contact us at support@getclawly.com