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   "tier": "declared"
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   "source": "https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/introduction",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-30",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-30",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-30",
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   "source": "https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/tavily-cli",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-30",
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   "source": "https://docs.tavily.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
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   "date": "2026-09-30",
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "tier": "declared"
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   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
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   {
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   "import": []
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   "webhooks": "unknown"
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   "n8n": "unknown",
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   "zapier": "unknown"
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    "web-dom"
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   "vendor_support": []
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   "firecrawl",
   "apify"
  ],
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 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
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   "cli": 8,
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   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 7,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
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  "summary": "Tavily is automatable today through its REST API at https://api.tavily.com. This record is the Tavily search API, including the remote MCP at https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/ and the tvly CLI. It is not Exa, Firecrawl, or Apify. Requests use Authorization: Bearer with a tvly- API key. Documented endpoints are /search, /extract, /crawl, /map, and /research. The Researcher plan includes 1,000 credits each month with no card. Official SDKs are tavily-python and @tavily/core. The CLI installs as tavily-cli and supports tvly search, extract, crawl, map, and research, each with --json. Login accepts an API key, a browser flow, or TAVILY_API_KEY. The remote MCP is documented by Tavily and by the tavily-ai/tavily-mcp repository. That README lists search, extract, map, and crawl tools. Remote auth is a tavilyApiKey query parameter, an Authorization Bearer header, or OAuth. docs.tavily.com/llms.txt is a first-party docs index. Webhooks were not established. iPaaS catalogs were not opened. Computer-use viability is unassessed. API and CLI each score 8. MCP scores 7. API is the best path because it includes Research and does not require a local CLI or an MCP client.\n"
 }
}