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Introduction

Integrate Tavily with n8n to enhance your workflows with real-time web search and content extraction—without writing code. With Tavily’s powerful search and extraction capabilities, you can seamlessly integrate up-to-date online information into your n8n automations.
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How to set up Tavily with n8n

Log in to your n8n account or self-hosted instance.

Create a new workflow and select a trigger node to start your automation.

Option 1: Add Tavily as a Node
In the node library, search for Tavily. Add it to your workflow and choose between Search or Extract actions.

Option 2: Add Tavily as a Tool to an AI Agent
If you are building an AI agent workflow, you can add Tavily as a tool to your agent. This allows your agent to use Tavily for web search or content extraction as part of its reasoning process.

Connection: Connect your Tavily account by entering your Tavily API key.

Configuration: Set up your parameters:

For Search:

  • Enter your search query (can be manually entered or populated from another node’s output)
  • Select a topic (“general” or “news”)
  • Choose whether to include raw content or generate an answer
  • Specify domains to include or exclude
  • Set search depth and other optional parameters

For Extract:

  • Enter the URL(s) to extract content from (can be a single URL or multiple URLs from another node’s output)
  • Choose extraction type (“basic” or “advanced”)

Test: Run a test to verify your configuration.

Utilize the search or extraction results in your workflow:

  • Process data through additional nodes
  • Send information to your CRM, database, or email
  • Generate reports or notifications
  • Feed data into AI models for further processing

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Use cases for Tavily in n8n

Leverage Tavily’s capabilities to create powerful automated workflows:
  • Job Search Automation: Find and summarize new job postings, then send results to your inbox
  • Competitive Intelligence: Automatically gather and analyze competitor information
  • Market Research: Track industry trends and market developments
  • Content Curation: Collect and organize relevant content for your business
  • Lead Enrichment: Enhance lead data with real-time information
  • News Monitoring: Stay updated with the latest developments in your field
Create an automated workflow that uses an AI agent with Tavily as a tool for web search to find new “Software Engineering Intern Roles” on the web, summarizes the results, and sends them to your email.
  1. Trigger: Schedule the workflow to run daily or weekly
  2. AI Agent: Add an AI agent node to your workflow
  3. Add Tavily as a Tool: In the AI agent configuration, add Tavily as a tool for web search
  4. Search: The AI agent uses Tavily to find new “Software Engineering Intern Roles”
  5. Summarize: The AI agent summarizes the search results using its LLM capabilities
  6. Email: Use the Email node to send the summarized results to your inbox

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Best practices

To optimize your Tavily integration in n8n:
  • Use the SplitInBatches node to process multiple search results efficiently
  • Use filters to process only relevant results
  • Use the Merge node to combine multiple search results