tavily

Real-time competitive intelligence using live web data via the Tavily MCP. Use when the user wants to analyze competitors, build a battlecard, profile a competitor, monitor pricing, mine reviews, track hiring signals, map a competitive landscape, find positioning gaps, or research win/loss patterns; says "analyze competitor", "build me a battlecard", "what is X charging", "how do we compare to Y", "competitive landscape for Z", "competitor analysis", "market intelligence", or anything similar. Always uses live data — never answers competitive questions from training knowledge alone.

Find topics, keywords, and angles that competitors cover but you don't via the Tavily MCP. Use when the user wants to find content gaps, plan editorial calendars, identify SEO opportunities, see what topics competitors own, or says "what topics do competitors cover that we don't", "find content gaps", "blog topics we should write about", "where are we losing in search", "what should we write next", or anything similar. Combines site-mapping, search ranking checks, and synthesis into a prioritized opportunity list. For full SEO audits, this is the content-side companion to a technical audit.

Run a comprehensive cited research report using Tavily's deep-research agent. Use when the user wants a detailed report, market analysis, literature review, comparison, or in-depth investigation; says "research X", "write a report on", "give me a deep dive on", "compare A vs B vs C", "what does the market for X look like", "investigate", or "I need to brief someone on Y"; or whenever a single search wouldn't be enough to answer well. Returns a structured multi-source report with explicit citations. Slower than search (30–120s) — surface that to the user. For quick fact-finding, use web-search.

Extract clean markdown or text content from one or more URLs via the Tavily MCP. Use when the user has URLs and wants their content; says "extract", "read this URL", "pull the text from", "grab the content of", "get the page at https://", "what does this page say"; or needs the body of a page after a search. Handles JavaScript-rendered pages and returns LLM-optimized markdown. Up to 20 URLs per call. For finding URLs first, use web-search or site-map.

Verify claims with cited live-web sources via the Tavily MCP. Use when the user asks "is this true", "verify this", "fact-check", "find sources for", "is there evidence for", "did X actually say Y", "what are the sources on", or wants to validate something they read or wrote before publishing. Returns a verdict (supported / refuted / mixed / unverifiable) backed by primary sources where possible. For prose research without verification framing, use deep-research.