Tavily

Tavily is a search API built for AI agents. Each result includes a relevance score, URL, title, and a pre-extracted content block, so the assistant can quote a page without a separate fetch.

What you need

• A hatched local assistant (Linux desktop in 0.1).
• A Tavily API key from app.tavily.com. Keys start with tvly-.

Setup

Tavily is BYOK. You pay Tavily directly.

1. Open Settings → Models & Services.
2. Under Web Search, choose Tavily and paste the key.
3. Ask something current.

assistant keys set tavily tvly-...
assistant config set services.web-search.provider tavily

Revoke with assistant keys delete tavily. Keys that start with tvly-dev- are free-tier development keys with lower rate limits.

When to pick it

• Agent loops that want scored snippets, not a synthesized essay.
• For JavaScript-heavy full-page scrape, use Firecrawl instead.
• Fallback: Web search.

Resources: Tavily docs, privacy policy.