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Tavily Search API

Search API for grounding AI agents with fresh web evidence.

verifiedRecently verifiedSource: manual
Health low (31)

Best for

  • Agent workflows needing verifiable web citations.

Limitations

  • Query cost spikes with broad crawls.
  • Requires prompt design to avoid noisy citations.

Use carefully when

  • Offline-only deployments with no external calls.

Quickstart

  1. Use focused query templates with domain constraints.
  2. Cache frequent query classes for lower p95 latency.

Setup checklist

  • • API key required: Yes
  • • SDK quality: high
  • • Self-host difficulty: easy

Health Meter

  • • Setup complexity: 35
  • • Safety & misuse risk: 35
  • • License/compliance risk: 18

Good baseline for controlled deployment.

Capabilities

  • webSearchtrue
  • citationSupporttrue
  • freshnessWindowHours24
  • extractionDepthhigh

Benchmarks

retrievalPrecision
83.7
citationCoverage
86.2
latencyP95Ms
1240

Community reviews

0 reviews • avg -

Samples

Search answer

Top tools for short-form video with source citations.

Last verified: 21/2/2026, 2:24:25 am • Source: https://openrouter.ai/rankings
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