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Introduction

Integrate Tavily with StackAI to enhance your AI workflows with real-time web data. With this integration, you can easily fetch and utilize live web content in your StackAI workflows.
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How to set up Tavily with StackAI

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

Create a new workflow or choose one of the available templates.

Option 1: Add Tavily as a Node

  • Search for “Tavily” under the Apps section in the left sidebar.
  • Drag and drop the “Tavily” app into your canvas.

Option 2: Add Tavily as a Tool to an AI Agent

  • Choose between “Search”, “Crawl”, “Extract” or “Map” tool based on your needs.
Configure the Tavily Node or Tool:
  • In the Connect Tavily section, create a new connection by entering a connection name and your Tavily API key.
Configuring 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 Maximum Search Results to return
  • 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 Extract Depth (“basic” or “advanced”)
  • Specify the output format (“markdown” or “text”)

For Crawl:

  • Enter the Root URL to crawl
  • Set the crawl instructions to guide the crawler
  • Set the Limit on the number of pages to crawl

For Map:

  • Enter the Root URL to begin the mapping
  • Set the map instructions to guide the mapping process
  • Set the mapping depth to control how deep the mapping goes

Test: Run the node to verify your configuration.

Utilize the search, crawl, extract, or map 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 StackAI

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

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Detailed example - AI News Summary

Here’s an example workflow that uses Tavily to search for the latest articles on “AI advancements” and sends a summary to your email:
  1. Trigger: Schedule the workflow to run daily
  2. AI Agent: Add an AI agent node to your workflow
  3. Search: The AI agent uses Tavily to find recent articles on “AI advancements”
  4. Summarize: The AI agent summarizes the most important news and trends
  5. Delivery: Send the summarized briefing via Email, Slack, or another integration

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Best practices

To optimize your Tavily integration in StackAI:
  • Tightly constrain Tavily queries to specific intent, time range, and domains to avoid noisy retrieval.
  • Force concise, structured outputs (bullets/JSON with only required fields) to reduce tokens and parsing errors.