Tavily Search Litiao

AI-optimized web search via Tavily API. Returns concise, relevant results for AI agents.

Security Scan

The skill's code and instructions match its description: it requires node and a Tavily API key and calls Tavily endpoints to perform search and extraction; no unrelated credentials or surprising behavior were found.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (AI-optimized web search) matches required items and code. The scripts call https://api.tavily.com/search and /extract and require TAVILY_API_KEY and node — all reasonable and expected for this purpose.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs the agent to run the provided search and extract scripts, which only POST queries/URLs to Tavily and print results. This stays within the skill's stated scope. Note: user queries and any URLs you pass to the extract script are transmitted to Tavily (data exposure risk).

Install Mechanism

No install spec; the skill is instruction-only with bundled Node scripts. It relies on a local node binary being present — a low-risk, expected requirement. No downloads from external/untrusted URLs or archive extraction are present.

Credentials

Only one credential is required: TAVILY_API_KEY (declared as primary). That directly matches the API usage in the scripts; there are no unrelated or excessive environment variables or config paths requested.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request always:true, does not modify system or other skills, and is user-invocable. Default autonomous invocation is enabled (platform default) but is not combined with other red flags here.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent with its description. Before installing, be aware that any search queries and any URLs you pass to the extract command will be sent to Tavily's API (https://api.tavily.com) along with your TAVILY_API_KEY — treat that as data you are sharing with a third party. Ensure you trust Tavily's privacy/security practices and do not send sensitive secrets or private documents. Confirm you have node available. If you prefer the agent not call the external API autonomously, consider disabling model-invocation for the skill or only invoking it manually.

Tavily Search

AI-optimized web search using Tavily API. Designed for AI agents - returns clean, relevant content.

Search

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "query"
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "query" -n 10
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "query" --deep
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.mjs "query" --topic news

Options

• -n <count>: Number of results (default: 5, max: 20)
• --deep: Use advanced search for deeper research (slower, more comprehensive)
• --topic <topic>: Search topic - general (default) or news
• --days <n>: For news topic, limit to last n days

Extract content from URL

node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"

Notes:

• Needs TAVILY_API_KEY from https://tavily.com
• Tavily is optimized for AI - returns clean, relevant snippets
• Use --deep for complex research questions
• Use --topic news for current events