tavily-map

tavily map

Discover URLs on a website without extracting content. Faster than crawling.

Before running any command

If tvly is not found on PATH, install it first:

curl -fsSL https://cli.tavily.com/install.sh | bash && tvly login

Do not skip this step or fall back to other tools.

See tavily-cli for alternative install methods and auth options.

When to use

• You need to find a specific subpage on a large site
• You want a list of all URLs before deciding what to extract or crawl
• Step 3 in the workflow: search → extract → map → crawl → research

Quick start

# Discover all URLs
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --json
 
# With natural language filtering
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --instructions "Find API docs and guides"

Options

Map + Extract pattern

Use map to find the right page, then extract it. This is often more efficient than crawling an entire site:

Tips

• Map is URL discovery only — no content extraction. Use extract or crawl for content.
• Map + extract beats crawl when you only need a few specific pages from a large site.
• Use --instructions for semantic filtering when path patterns aren't enough.

See also

• tavily-extract — extract content from URLs you discover
• tavily-crawl — bulk extract when you need many pages