Tavily AI Search
The Tavily AI Search component provides advanced semantic search capabilities powered by Tavily's AI search technology. It enables precise and contextually relevant search results across various data sources.
Tavily AI Search interface
Component Inputs
- Tavily API Key: Your API key for accessing Tavily services
Required for authentication with Tavily's API
- Search Query: The text query to search for
The search term to be processed by Tavily's AI
- Search Depth: Determines the thoroughness of search (default: advanced)
Options include: basic, advanced, comprehensive
- Search Topic: Category for the search (default: general)
Helps focus search results on relevant categories
- Time Range: Timeframe for results (default: any time)
Allows limiting results to a specific time range
- Max Results: Maximum number of results to return (default: 5)
Controls the quantity of search results
- Include Images: Toggle to include images in search results
When enabled, results may include relevant images
- Include Answer: Toggle to include direct answers in response
When enabled, attempts to provide a direct answer to the query
Component Outputs
- Data: Structured search results from Tavily
- Text: Plain text representation of search results
Use Cases
- Knowledge Retrieval: Find relevant information on specific topics
- Research Assistance: Gather information from multiple sources
- Content Generation: Find reference material for content creation
- Question Answering: Get direct answers to specific questions
- Fact Checking: Verify information across multiple sources
Best Practices
- Use specific, clear search queries for best results
- Choose appropriate search depth based on your needs
- Limit max results to improve performance for high-volume searches
- Include topic categorization for more relevant results
- Enable "Include Answer" for direct question answering
- Store and reuse results when possible to reduce API usage