Search Skill

Search the web and get relevant results optimized for LLM consumption.

Prerequisites

Tavily API Key Required - Get your key at https://tavily.com

Add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "env": {
    "TAVILY_API_KEY": "tvly-your-api-key-here"
  }
}

Quick Start

Using the Script

./scripts/search.sh '<json>'

Examples:

# Basic search
./scripts/search.sh '{"query": "python async patterns"}'

# With options
./scripts/search.sh '{"query": "React hooks tutorial", "max_results": 10}'

# Advanced search with filters
./scripts/search.sh '{"query": "AI news", "topic": "news", "time_range": "week", "max_results": 10}'

# Domain-filtered search
./scripts/search.sh '{"query": "machine learning", "include_domains": ["arxiv.org", "github.com"], "search_depth": "advanced"}'

Basic Search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "latest developments in quantum computing",
    "max_results": 5
  }'

Advanced Search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "machine learning best practices",
    "max_results": 10,
    "search_depth": "advanced",
    "include_domains": ["arxiv.org", "github.com"],
    "chunks_per_source": 3
  }'

API Reference

Endpoint

POST https://api.tavily.com/search

Headers

| Header | Value | |--------|-------| | Authorization | Bearer <TAVILY_API_KEY> | | Content-Type | application/json |

Request Body

| Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | query | string | Required | Search query (keep under 400 chars) | | max_results | integer | 5 | Maximum results (0-20) | | search_depth | string | "basic" | ultra-fast, fast, basic, advanced | | topic | string | "general" | general, news, finance | | chunks_per_source | integer | 3 | Chunks per source (advanced/fast only) | | time_range | string | null | day, week, month, year | | include_domains | array | [] | Domains to include (max 300) | | exclude_domains | array | [] | Domains to exclude (max 150) | | include_answer | boolean | false | Include AI-generated answer | | include_raw_content | boolean | false | Include full page content | | include_images | boolean | false | Include image results |

Response Format

{
  "query": "latest developments in quantum computing",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Page Title",
      "url": "https://example.com/page",
      "content": "Extracted text snippet...",
      "score": 0.85
    }
  ],
  "response_time": 1.2
}

Search Depth

| Depth | Latency | Relevance | Content Type | |-------|---------|-----------|--------------| | ultra-fast | Lowest | Lower | NLP summary | | fast | Low | Good | Chunks | | basic | Medium | High | NLP summary | | advanced | Higher | Highest | Chunks |

When to use each:

• ultra-fast: Real-time chat, autocomplete
• fast: Need chunks but latency matters
• basic: General-purpose, balanced
• advanced: Precision matters (default recommendation)

Examples

News Search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "AI news today",
    "topic": "news",
    "time_range": "day",
    "max_results": 10
  }'

Domain-Filtered Search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "Python async best practices",
    "include_domains": ["docs.python.org", "realpython.com", "github.com"],
    "search_depth": "advanced"
  }'

Search with Full Content

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "React hooks tutorial",
    "max_results": 3,
    "include_raw_content": true
  }'

Finance Search

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.tavily.com/search \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "AAPL earnings Q4 2024",
    "topic": "finance",
    "max_results": 10
  }'

Tips

• Keep queries under 400 characters - Think search query, not prompt
• Break complex queries into sub-queries - Better results than one massive query
• Use include_domains to focus on trusted sources
• Use time_range for recent information
• Filter by score (0-1) to get highest relevance results