tavily-extract

Hand it a web address and get that page's text back in a clean, readable form, ready to read or to feed to an assistant.

WHEN TO USE

SCOPE

USE FOR

Pull the readable text from a specific webpage or a batch of up to 20 URLs.
Get clean content from a JavaScript-heavy or dynamically rendered page.
Extract only the passages relevant to one topic from a long page.

NOT FOR

Pull content already returned by a prior search made with raw content included.

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tavily extract

Extract clean markdown or text content from one or more URLs.

Before running

Run extract directly when tvly is available. Extract supports capped keyless access, so do not look for an API key or authenticate before the first request.

If tvly is missing, follow the tavily-cli setup before retrying. If the keyless cap is reached in an interactive session, run tvly login to open browser OAuth, then retry the original extraction once. In an unattended environment, report the cap and authentication options instead of starting an interactive flow. Do not start a second login immediately after guided setup has completed.

When to use

You have a specific URL and want its content
You need text from JavaScript-rendered pages
Step 2 in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research

Quick start

# Single URL
tvly extract "https://example.com/article" --json

# Multiple URLs
tvly extract "https://example.com/page1" "https://example.com/page2" --json

# Query-focused extraction (returns relevant chunks only)
tvly extract "https://example.com/docs" --query "authentication API" --chunks-per-source 3 --json

# JS-heavy pages
tvly extract "https://app.example.com" --extract-depth advanced --json

# Save to file
tvly extract "https://example.com/article" -o article.json

Options

Option	Description
`--query`	Rerank chunks by relevance to this query
`--chunks-per-source`	Chunks per URL (1-5, requires `--query`)
`--extract-depth`	`basic` (default) or `advanced` (for JS pages)
`--format`	`markdown` (default) or `text`
`--include-images`	Include image URLs
`--timeout`	Max wait time (1-60 seconds)
`-o, --output`	Save the JSON response to a file
`--json`	Structured JSON output

Extract depth

Depth	When to use
`basic`	Simple pages, fast — try this first
`advanced`	JS-rendered SPAs, dynamic content, tables

Tips

Max 20 URLs per request — batch larger lists into multiple calls.
Use --query + --chunks-per-source to get only relevant content instead of full pages.
Try basic first, fall back to advanced if content is missing.
Set --timeout for slow pages (up to 60s).
Inspect failed_results even after exit code 0. A successful request can still return no extracted pages. Retry the affected URL with advanced when appropriate, otherwise report the per-URL failure instead of treating the request as complete.
If search results already contain the content you need (via --include-raw-content), skip the extract step.

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npx skills add tavily-ai/skills --skill tavily-extract tavily-cli tavily-crawl tavily-map tavily-research tavily-search --full-depth

It installs 6 skills: this one and the 5 it relies on, listed below. Once these skills are installed where Claude Code loads them, their descriptions help Claude decide when to use them.

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tavily-cli
Set up, authenticate, update, troubleshoot, or choose between Tavily CLI web commands. Use when the user asks about the Tavily CLI, installing Tavily skills, first-time setup, authentication, keyless limits, CLI updates, or which Tavily command to use. For an ordinary web task, use the specific search, extract, map, crawl, research, or dynamic-search skill instead.Read full description
tavily-crawl
Crawl websites and extract content from multiple pages via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to crawl a site, download documentation, extract an entire docs section, bulk-extract pages, save a site as local markdown files, or says "crawl", "get all the pages", "download the docs", "extract everything under /docs", "bulk extract", or needs content from many pages on the same domain. Supports depth/breadth control, path filtering, semantic instructions, and saving each page as a local markdown file.Read full description
tavily-dynamic-search
Programmatic Tavily search with context isolation. Use when web search or extraction will return large results that need filtering, deduplication, or multi-step triage before they enter the model context. Use tavily-search for ordinary lookups and tavily-research for end-to-end cited synthesis.Read full description
tavily-map
Discover and list all URLs on a website without extracting content, via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants to find a specific page on a large site, list all URLs, see the site structure, find where something is on a domain, or says "map the site", "find the URL for", "what pages are on", "list all pages", or "site structure". Faster than crawling — returns URLs only. Essential when you know the site but not the exact page. Combine with extract for targeted content retrieval.Read full description
tavily-research
Conduct comprehensive AI-powered research with citations via the Tavily CLI. Use this skill when the user wants deep research, a detailed report, a comparison, market analysis, literature review, or says "research", "investigate", "analyze in depth", "compare X vs Y", "what does the market look like for", or needs multi-source synthesis with explicit citations. Returns a structured report grounded in web sources. Takes 30-120 seconds. For quick fact-finding, use tavily-search instead.Read full description

tavily extract

Before running

When to use

Quick start

Options

Extract depth

Tips

See also

Local tool required

What's inside

tavily-extract

tavily extract

Before running

When to use

Quick start

Options

Extract depth

Tips

See also

Local tool required

What's inside

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