tavily-extract

Tavily Extract Skill

Extract clean, readable content from one or more specific URLs. Returns markdown-formatted text, stripping navigation, ads, and boilerplate. Handles JavaScript-rendered pages with advanced mode.

Authentication

Set TAVILY_API_KEY in ~/.openclaw/.env.local:

TAVILY_API_KEY=tvly-your-api-key-here

When to Use This Skill

• You have specific URLs and need their content (e.g. from a previous search result)
• Reading documentation pages, blog posts, or articles at known URLs
• Extracting content from JavaScript-rendered pages (SPAs, React apps)
• Getting only the relevant portion of a page (via query + chunks_per_source)

Use tavily-search first to find URLs, then this skill to get the full content.

Quick Start

# Extract single URL
curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": ["https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html"]
  }'

API Reference

Endpoint: POST https://api.tavily.com/extract

Request Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
urls	array	Required	URLs to extract (max 20)
query	string	null	Topic query for relevance-based chunking
chunks_per_source	integer	null	Relevant chunks per URL (1–5, requires query)
extract_depth	string	"basic"	basic or advanced (for JS-rendered pages)
format	string	"markdown"	markdown or text
include_images	boolean	false	Include image URLs in results
timeout	integer	30	Request timeout in seconds (1–60)

Response Format

{
  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html",
      "raw_content": "# asyncio — Asynchronous I/O\n\n..."
    }
  ],
  "failed_results": [],
  "response_time": 2.1
}

Examples

Extract multiple URLs at once

curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": [
      "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/about-claude/models",
      "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/getting-started"
    ],
    "format": "markdown"
  }'

Extract only relevant portions (with query)

curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": ["https://react.dev/reference/react/hooks"],
    "query": "useEffect lifecycle cleanup",
    "chunks_per_source": 3
  }'

Extract JavaScript-rendered page

curl -s -X POST https://api.tavily.com/extract \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TAVILY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": ["https://example-spa.com/docs"],
    "extract_depth": "advanced"
  }'

Tips

• Start with extract_depth: "basic" — only use "advanced" if content is missing or incomplete
• Use query + chunks_per_source to get only the relevant sections of long pages, preventing context overflow
• Check failed_results in the response — some URLs may fail (paywalls, bot protection)
• Batch up to 20 URLs per call to minimize API usage
• For very large documentation sites, prefer tavily-crawl instead