tavily-research
tavily research
What it does
- You need comprehensive, multi-source analysis
- The user wants a comparison, market report, or literature review
- Quick searches aren't enough — you need synthesis with citations
- Step 5 in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research
- Research takes 30-120 seconds — use --stream to see progress in real-time.
- Use --model pro for complex comparisons or multi-faceted topics.
- Use --output-schema to get structured JSON output matching a custom schema.
Requirements & configuration
- You need comprehensive, multi-source analysis
- Quick searches aren't enough — you need synthesis with citations
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
tavily-research FAQ
What does the tavily-research skill do?
| Conduct comprehensive AI-powered research with citations via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants deep research, a detailed report, a comparison, market analysis, literature review, or says "research", "investigate", "analyze in depth", "compare X vs Y", "what does the market look like for", or needs multi-source synthesis with explicit citations. Returns a structured report grounded in web sources. Takes 30-120 seconds. For quick fact-finding, use tavily-search instead. You need comprehensive, multi-source analysis The user wants a comparison, market report, or literature review
What does tavily-research require?
You need comprehensive, multi-source analysis Quick searches aren't enough — you need synthesis with citations
How do I install tavily-research?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/tavily-ai/skills --skill tavily-research --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/tavily-ai/skills.
Maintain tavily-research?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/tavily-ai-skills-tavily-research?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/tavily-ai-skills-tavily-research The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.