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Tavily AI Search

by bert-builder · GitHub ↗ · v1.0.0
cross-platform ✓ Security Clean
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Install in OpenClaw
/install tavily
Description
AI-optimized web search using Tavily Search API. Use when you need comprehensive web research, current events lookup, domain-specific search, or AI-generated answer summaries. Tavily is optimized for LLM consumption with clean structured results, answer generation, and raw content extraction. Best for research tasks, news queries, fact-checking, and gathering authoritative sources.
Usage Guidance
Install only if you are comfortable sending search terms and selected options to Tavily. Prefer storing the Tavily key in a protected config or environment variable, avoid passing real keys on the command line, and consider pinning `tavily-python` in an isolated environment before use.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: tavily Version: 1.0.0 The skill bundle provides a Python script for interacting with the Tavily search API, which appears benign and correctly handles API keys. However, the `SKILL.md` documentation includes an 'Integration Patterns' example demonstrating how to chain the search results with `jq` and `curl` to fetch raw content from URLs (`scripts/tavily_search.py "React documentation" --json | jq -r '.results[].url' | xargs -I {} curl -s {}`). While presented as a legitimate content extraction method, this example highlights the agent's capability to execute arbitrary network requests (`curl`) based on search results, which is a high-risk primitive that could be exploited by a malicious prompt to access or exfiltrate data from unintended external or internal network resources. This capability, though not explicitly malicious in its stated purpose, makes the skill suspicious due to the potential for misuse via prompt injection.
Capability Assessment
✓ Credentials
The script uses only command-line inputs, the Tavily SDK, network API access to Tavily, and the `TAVILY_API_KEY` environment variable; no broad local file access or unrelated environment collection was found.
ℹ Install Mechanism
The install guidance uses an unpinned `pip install tavily-python`, which is common but gives less supply-chain control than a pinned or hash-locked dependency.
ℹ Instruction Scope
Queries, domain filters, and optional raw-content requests are sent to Tavily as part of the stated purpose, but the documentation could more plainly warn users not to submit sensitive or confidential material.
ℹ Persistence & Privilege
The skill suggests storing an API key in Clawdbot config, `~/.clawdbot/.env`, or a shell profile, but does not install services, hooks, scheduled tasks, or other persistence.
✓ Purpose & Capability
The artifacts consistently describe and implement Tavily-powered web search, domain filtering, AI summaries, images, and optional raw content retrieval.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install tavily
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /tavily
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release: AI-optimized web search with basic/advanced modes, domain filtering, news search, image search, and AI answer generation.
Metadata
Slug tavily
Version 1.0.0
License —
All-time Installs 0
Active Installs 0
Total Versions 1
Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tavily AI Search?

AI-optimized web search using Tavily Search API. Use when you need comprehensive web research, current events lookup, domain-specific search, or AI-generated answer summaries. Tavily is optimized for LLM consumption with clean structured results, answer generation, and raw content extraction. Best for research tasks, news queries, fact-checking, and gathering authoritative sources. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 48749 downloads so far.

How do I install Tavily AI Search?

Run "/install tavily" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is Tavily AI Search free?

Yes, Tavily AI Search is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does Tavily AI Search support?

Tavily AI Search is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created Tavily AI Search?

It is built and maintained by bert-builder (@bert-builder); the current version is v1.0.0.

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