Overview
add-tavily-tool is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Add Tavily Search and Extract as keyless remote MCP tools for selected NanoClaw agent groups. Use when installing Tavily web search or URL extraction without an API key.”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-tavily-tool`.
What add-tavily-tool does
Install the pinned `mcp-remote` bridge in the agent image and register Tavily's remote MCP server for each selected agent group. The MCP server supplies its tool descriptions and input schemas at runtime.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for add-tavily-tool is organised into these sections:
- Phase 1: Pre-flight
- Phase 2: Install the MCP bridge
- Phase 3: Register Tavily
- Phase 4: Verify
- Phase 5: Install the upgrade path
- Keyless limit
- Troubleshooting
- Removal
- References
Installation
Add add-tavily-tool to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-tavily-toolReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
add-tavily-tool is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does add-tavily-tool do?
- Add Tavily Search and Extract as keyless remote MCP tools for selected NanoClaw agent groups. Use when installing Tavily web search or URL extraction without an API key.
- How do I install add-tavily-tool?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/add-tavily-tool in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is add-tavily-tool free to use?
- Yes. add-tavily-tool is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does add-tavily-tool work with?
- add-tavily-tool lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does add-tavily-tool come from?
- add-tavily-tool ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.