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Overview

Tavily offers two services on IBM watsonx Orchestrate:
  • Tavily Research Agent — An AI-powered research agent that conducts comprehensive web research using coordinated parallel sub-agents to deliver detailed, citation-backed reports on complex topics.
  • Tavily Search API — Real-time web search optimized for AI agents and LLMs.
Both services are available through the IBM Cloud catalog and can be procured using IBM credits.

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Setup Guide

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Step 1: Create a Tavily Instance on IBM Cloud

  1. Navigate to IBM Cloud
  2. In the search bar, type “Tavily” to find the available services
Search for Tavily in IBM Cloud
  1. Select either Tavily Search API or Tavily Research Agent depending on your needs
  2. Click Create to provision a new instance
Create Tavily instance

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Step 2: Copy Your Bearer Token

Once your instance is created, copy the bearer token from the credentials section. You’ll need this to connect the agent in watsonx Orchestrate.
Copy bearer token

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Step 3: Add Tavily to watsonx Orchestrate

  1. Navigate to watsonx Orchestrate
  2. Create a new agent
Create agent in watsonx Orchestrate
  1. Name your agent
Name your agent
  1. Add a collaborator agent
Add collaborator agent
  1. Select Tavily Research Agent from the partner agents list
Select Tavily agent
  1. Review the agent details and click Add as collaborator
Add Tavily as collaborator
  1. Enter your bearer token (from Step 2) in the Bearer token field and click Register and add
Register agent with bearer token
  1. The Tavily Research Agent will now appear in your agent’s Toolset under the Agents section
Tavily agent loaded in toolset

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Step 4: Try It Out

Ask a question in the chat that requires real-time web research, and watsonx Orchestrate will automatically hand off to the Tavily Research Agent.
Tavily Research Agent handoff example
Your Tavily Research Agent is now ready to use within watsonx Orchestrate.

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