Tavily
This integration is a remote MCP Server offered by Tavily , an Arcade Partner. Add it to an MCP Gateway for central governance, authorization, and access control alongside Arcade’s native servers.
MCP Server URL
Paste the following URL into Arcade: Servers → Add Server → Remote MCP. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key you generate at tavily.com .
https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/?tavilyApiKey=YOUR_API_KEYWhat you can do
Once you register Tavily in your Arcade project, Arcade discovers these tools automatically:
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
Tavily.Search | Real-time web search with agent-optimized ranking. |
Tavily.Extract | Extract structured content from specific URLs. |
Tavily.Crawl | Crawl a site and return content across pages. |
Tavily.Map | Map the structure of a site or domain. |
Tavily.Research | Multi-source deep research across the web. |
Tavily.Skill | High-level research skills built on the tools above. |
Compose these tools with Google Docs, Slack, Salesforce, GitHub, or any of Arcade’s native servers in a single MCP Gateway, so an agent can research, draft, and act in one flow, with full authorization and audit from Arcade’s runtime.
Add Tavily to your Arcade project
Get your Tavily API key
Go to tavily.com → Overview → Generate MCP Link. Copy the generated URL (it contains your API key).
Add Tavily as a Remote MCP Server in Arcade
Open the Arcade Dashboard → Servers → Add Server → Remote MCP. Paste the URL from the MCP Server URL section above (with your API key in place of YOUR_API_KEY) and save.
See the full walkthrough in Add remote MCP servers for advanced settings like connection retries, OAuth, and custom headers.
Verify Tavily tools
Arcade discovers six Tavily tools: Tavily.Search, Tavily.Extract, Tavily.Crawl, Tavily.Map, Tavily.Research, and Tavily.Skill. They appear in the Playground for this project and in the MCP Gateway tool picker.
Create an MCP Gateway
Go to MCP Gateways → Create Gateway. Select Tavily plus any other MCP Servers you want to compose with (for example, Google Docs and Slack). Set the auth mode to Arcade Auth so users authenticate with their Arcade account. Copy the gateway URL. This is what your agent connects to.
Call Tavily tools from your agent
Once you create your gateway, any MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP can use it: Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, or a custom application built with the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, or OpenAI Agents.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>Arcade handles authorization, credential handling, and audit logging at runtime.
Example
See the open-source Financial Intelligence Agent , a web-based research assistant that composes Tavily, Google Docs, and Slack through a single MCP Gateway in under 200 lines of code.