Tavily Cursor Plugin

March 19, 2026 · View on GitHub

Official Tavily plugin for Cursor. Adds web search, content extraction, website crawling, URL discovery, and AI-powered research capabilities — powered by the tvly CLI.

Features

Capability	Skill	Command
Web Search	`tavily-search`	`/search`
Content Extraction	`tavily-extract`	`/extract`
Website Crawling	`tavily-crawl`	`/crawl`
URL Mapping	`tavily-map`	`/map`
Deep Research	`tavily-research`	`/research`

Additional commands: /tavily-setup, /tavily-status, /tavily-best-practices

Installation

Install the plugin in Cursor from the marketplace (or see Local Development to test from source).
Run /tavily-setup to install tvly CLI and authenticate.

Manual CLI Setup

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash
tvly login

Or via pip:

pip install tavily-cli
tvly login

Or via uv:

uv tool install tavily-cli
tvly login

Quick Start

Search the web:

/search latest developments in AI chip manufacturing

Extract content from a URL:

/extract https://docs.example.com/api

Crawl documentation:

/crawl https://docs.example.com

Discover URLs on a site:

/map https://docs.example.com

Deep research:

/research competitive landscape of AI code assistants

Plugin Structure

.cursor-plugin/plugin.json    Plugin manifest
skills/                        7 skills (auto-discovered)
commands/                      8 slash commands
rules/                         Citation standards rule

Local Development

Clone the repository
Open the folder in Cursor
Skills are auto-discovered from skills/
For commands, symlink into .cursor/:
```
ln -s ../commands .cursor/commands
```
Type / — the commands should now appear alongside the skills.
Run /tavily-setup to confirm the CLI is installed and authenticated.

License

MIT