Tavily Extract

Extract content from specific URLs using Tavily's extraction API. Returns clean markdown/text from web pages.

Extract clean content from specific URLs. Ideal when you know which pages you want content from.

Authentication

Get your API key at https://tavily.com and add to your OpenClaw config:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "tavily-extract": {
        "enabled": true,
        "apiKey": "tvly-YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or set in environment variable:

export TAVILY_API_KEY="tvly-YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

Quick Start

Using the Script

node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "url1,url2,url3"
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "url" --query "authentication API"

Examples

# Single URL
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/classes.html"

# Multiple URLs
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://example.com/page1,https://example.com/page2"

# With query focus
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://example.com/docs" --query "authentication API"

# Advanced extraction for JS pages
node {baseDir}/scripts/extract.mjs "https://app.example.com" --depth advanced --timeout 60

Options

Option	Description	Default
--query <text>	Rerank chunks by relevance	-
--chunks <n>	Chunks per URL (1-5, requires query)	3
--depth <mode>	Extract depth: basic or advanced	basic
--format <fmt>	Output format: markdown or text	markdown
--timeout <sec>	Max wait time (1-60 seconds)	varies
--json	Output raw JSON	false

Extract Depth

Depth	When to Use
basic	Simple text extraction, faster
advanced	Dynamic/JS-rendered pages, tables, structured data

Tips

• Max 20 URLs per request - batch larger lists
• Use --query + --chunks to get only relevant content
• Try basic first, fall back to advanced if content is missing
• Set longer --timeout for slow pages (up to 60s)
• Check failed_results in JSON output for URLs that couldn't be extracted