AI-optimised web search built for agents — grounded, real-time answers with source citations
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Tavily is the search API built specifically for AI agents — returning grounded, factual results optimised for LLM consumption rather than raw HTML. Trusted by LangChain, AutoGPT, and thousands of agent builders. Features: - Real-time web search returning clean, structured results - Search depth control: basic (fast) or advanced (comprehensive) - Domain filtering — restrict or exclude specific sources - News-focused search mode for recent events - Raw content extraction from any URL - Source citation with titles, URLs, and publication dates - AI-optimised output — no noise, just the relevant content - Supports up to 20 results per query with content previews Why Tavily over Brave Search? - Purpose-built for AI agents, not humans - Returns content already parsed for LLM consumption - Better filtering and relevancy for factual queries - Trusted by the LangChain and LlamaIndex ecosystems Free tier: 1,000 searches/month.
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