From tavily-search
Fast, agent-native web search via Tavily API — much cheaper than web_fetch. Use when you need to research a topic, gather article links + summaries, or pull context from the web without burning tokens on full page fetches. Triggers on "research <topic>", "search for <query>", "find articles about <X>", "tavily this", or when extensive web research would blow up via web_fetch. Requires one-time setup (see references/build-prompt.md).
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/tavily-search:tavily-searchThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Cheap, fast, agent-native web search. Returns clean LLM-optimized results with source URLs.
Cheap, fast, agent-native web search. Returns clean LLM-optimized results with source URLs.
web_fetch across many URLs would cost 10-100x more tokens for the same signalUse web_fetch instead when: you already have the exact URL and need the full page content.
Use Perplexity instead when: you need a synthesized, opinionated answer (not raw search hits).
This skill calls a Supabase edge function that wraps the Tavily API. Setup takes about 10 minutes:
supabase-builder plugin from this marketplace.references/build-prompt.md — paste the prompt into cowork and supabase-builder generates + deploys the edge function in your own Supabase.After setup, the function lives at https://<your-project>.supabase.co/functions/v1/tavily-search with bearer-auth protection.
POST https://<your-project>.supabase.co/functions/v1/tavily-search
Authorization: Bearer <your-supabase-anon-key>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"query": "<search query>",
"max_results": 5,
"include_answer": true,
"topic": "general",
"time_range": null
}
Returns:
{
"answer": "<direct answer if include_answer=true>",
"results": [
{ "title": "...", "url": "...", "content": "...", "score": 0.92 }
]
}
max_results: 5 as the default.web_fetch for that single URL.TAVILY_API_KEY). The edge function reads it.web_fetch calls for the same topic.web_fetch for a single representative URL.For meaning-rich research (fact-checking, topic synthesis, "what is X and why does it matter"):
supabase-builder pattern.Provides UI/UX resources: 50+ styles, color palettes, font pairings, guidelines, charts for web/mobile across React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, Tailwind, React Native, Flutter. Aids planning, building, reviewing interfaces.
Fetches up-to-date documentation from Context7 for libraries and frameworks like React, Next.js, Prisma. Use for setup questions, API references, and code examples.
npx claudepluginhub heymitch/vip-accelerator --plugin tavily-search