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Exposes asana_create_task tool through MCP protocol that accepts JSON schema-validated parameters (name, description, assignee, due_date, projects, tags) and translates them into Asana REST API POST requests. Uses TypeScript type definitions and runtime validation to ensure only valid Asana field types are submitted, preventing malformed API calls before they reach Asana's servers.
Unique: Implements MCP tool registration with Asana-specific schema constraints (e.g., due_on as ISO8601 string, projects as array of GIDs) rather than generic REST wrapper, enabling AI clients to understand valid parameter combinations without trial-and-error API calls
vs alternatives: Tighter validation than raw Asana API SDKs because schema is enforced at MCP protocol layer before reaching Asana, reducing failed requests and API quota waste
Implements asana_search_tasks tool that queries Asana's task search endpoint with filters across workspace, project, assignee, tag, and status fields. Translates MCP parameters into Asana's query syntax (e.g., 'assignee:gid' format) and returns paginated results with task metadata (GID, name, assignee, due date, completion status). Supports both simple text search and structured field-based filtering.
Unique: Translates natural MCP filter parameters into Asana's proprietary query syntax (e.g., 'assignee:gid' format) transparently, allowing AI clients to use simple field names without learning Asana's search grammar
vs alternatives: More discoverable than raw Asana API because MCP schema explicitly lists available filter fields, whereas Asana's REST API requires reading documentation to know which query operators are valid
Exposes asana_get_project tool that retrieves full project metadata including sections array with section GIDs and names. Sections are organizational containers within projects that group related tasks. Tool returns section structure enabling AI clients to understand project layout and determine correct section for task placement. Sections are read-only through MCP — creation/deletion not supported.
Unique: Exposes sections as part of project metadata rather than separate tool, allowing AI clients to discover section structure in single call and understand project workflow layout
vs alternatives: More efficient than separate section-listing tool because sections are included in project metadata, reducing API calls needed to understand project organization
Implements asana_update_task tool that modifies specific task fields (name, description, assignee, due_date, completed status, custom fields) through Asana's PATCH endpoint. Uses selective field update pattern — only provided fields are modified, leaving others unchanged. Validates field types before submission and returns updated task metadata. Supports both simple fields (name, description) and complex fields (custom fields, assignee).
Unique: Implements selective field updates using PATCH semantics rather than full task replacement, allowing AI agents to modify single fields without risk of overwriting other task data
vs alternatives: Safer than full task replacement because only specified fields are modified, reducing risk of accidental data loss if AI agent doesn't include all fields in update request
Exposes asana_get_workspaces tool that lists all workspaces accessible to the authenticated user. Returns workspace metadata (GID, name, is_organization) enabling AI clients to discover available workspaces and select correct workspace for subsequent operations. Workspace enumeration is required step before accessing projects or tasks since all Asana entities are scoped to workspaces.
Unique: Provides workspace enumeration as dedicated tool rather than requiring users to hardcode workspace GIDs, enabling dynamic workspace discovery for multi-workspace organizations
vs alternatives: More flexible than hardcoded workspace GIDs because AI agents can discover available workspaces at runtime and select appropriate workspace for operations
Implements asana_get_task tool that retrieves complete task metadata including standard fields (name, description, assignee, due_date, completed) and custom fields with their values. Uses Asana's task detail endpoint with field expansion to include related data (assignee details, project info, custom field definitions and values). Returns comprehensive task context enabling AI clients to understand full task state.
Unique: Includes custom field expansion in task retrieval, returning both field definitions and values in single call, rather than requiring separate custom field metadata lookups
vs alternatives: More complete than basic task retrieval because custom fields are included with values, enabling AI agents to make decisions based on custom metadata without additional API calls
Implements error handling layer that catches Asana API errors (4xx, 5xx responses) and validation errors (invalid parameters, missing required fields) and returns structured error responses through MCP protocol. Maps Asana API error codes to human-readable messages and includes error context (which field failed, why) enabling AI clients to understand failure reasons and retry appropriately. Validation happens before API calls to prevent wasted requests.
Unique: Validates parameters at MCP schema layer before submitting to Asana API, catching invalid inputs early and reducing failed API calls and quota waste
vs alternatives: More efficient than API-first validation because schema validation prevents invalid requests from reaching Asana, reducing API quota consumption and latency
Exposes asana_add_task_dependency and asana_remove_task_dependency tools that manage task blocking relationships through Asana's dependency API. Translates MCP requests into Asana's dependency endpoint calls, supporting 'blocks' and 'is_blocked_by' relationship types. Validates that both task GIDs exist before attempting relationship creation, preventing orphaned dependencies.
Unique: Wraps Asana's dependency API with explicit relationship type parameters ('blocks' vs 'is_blocked_by') in MCP schema, making directionality unambiguous for AI agents that might otherwise confuse blocking semantics
vs alternatives: Clearer than Asana's native UI for programmatic dependency creation because MCP schema forces explicit relationship direction, whereas UI can be ambiguous about which task blocks which
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Executes web searches via the Tavily API and returns structured results with relevance scoring, source attribution, and clean text extraction optimized for LLM consumption. The MCP server marshals search queries through an axios HTTP client configured with the Tavily API key, parses JSON responses containing ranked results with URLs and snippets, and formats output for direct consumption by language models without additional preprocessing.
Unique: Tavily's search results are specifically optimized for LLM consumption with relevance scoring and clean formatting, rather than generic web search results. The MCP server wraps this via StdioServerTransport, enabling seamless integration into Claude Desktop and other MCP clients without custom HTTP handling.
vs alternatives: Returns LLM-ready formatted results with relevance scores out-of-the-box, whereas generic search APIs (Google, Bing) require additional parsing and ranking logic to be LLM-friendly.
Extracts clean, structured content from specified URLs using the Tavily extract endpoint, handling HTML parsing, boilerplate removal, and content normalization automatically. The server sends URLs to Tavily's extraction service via axios, receives parsed markdown or structured text, and returns content ready for LLM ingestion without requiring the client to manage web scraping libraries or HTML parsing.
Unique: Tavily's extraction service is optimized for LLM-ready output (markdown formatting, boilerplate removal, semantic structure preservation) rather than generic web scraping. The MCP server exposes this as a tool that agents can call directly without managing external scraping libraries.
vs alternatives: Handles boilerplate removal and content normalization automatically, whereas Puppeteer or Cheerio require custom logic to identify main content and remove navigation/ads.
Tavily MCP Server scores higher at 62/100 vs Asana MCP Server at 60/100.
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Provides pre-built configuration templates and integration guides for popular MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Cline), including JSON configuration snippets for claude_desktop_config.json, cursor settings, VS Code extensions, and Cline agent configuration. Each integration template specifies the MCP server command, environment variables, and client-specific setup steps.
Unique: Official Tavily MCP provides pre-built integration templates for major MCP clients (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Cline), reducing setup friction. Each template includes specific configuration syntax and environment variable requirements for that client.
vs alternatives: Pre-built templates eliminate guesswork in client configuration, whereas generic MCP documentation requires users to adapt examples for Tavily-specific setup.
Crawls websites starting from a seed URL and recursively follows internal links up to a specified depth, extracting content from each page and returning a structured collection of crawled pages. The server manages crawl state through Tavily's crawl endpoint, controlling recursion depth and link-following behavior, and returns all discovered pages with their extracted content and metadata for bulk analysis or knowledge base construction.
Unique: Tavily's crawl service is designed for LLM-friendly bulk extraction with automatic content normalization across multiple pages, rather than generic web crawlers that return raw HTML. The MCP server exposes depth control and link-following as tool parameters, enabling agents to autonomously decide crawl scope.
vs alternatives: Handles content extraction and normalization across all crawled pages automatically, whereas Scrapy or Selenium require custom pipelines to extract and normalize content from each page individually.
Analyzes a website's structure and generates a semantic map of URLs organized by topic or content type, enabling agents to understand site organization without manual exploration. The tavily_map tool sends a seed URL to Tavily's mapping service, which crawls the site, clusters pages by semantic similarity, and returns a hierarchical structure of discovered URLs grouped by inferred topic or purpose.
Unique: Tavily's map tool uses semantic clustering to organize URLs by inferred topic rather than just crawling and returning a flat list. This enables agents to navigate large sites intelligently without exhaustive crawling.
vs alternatives: Provides semantic site structure discovery out-of-the-box, whereas generic crawlers return unorganized URL lists requiring post-processing to identify topic-relevant pages.
Orchestrates multi-step research workflows where an agent autonomously decides which search, extraction, and crawling steps to perform based on intermediate results. The tavily_research tool wraps the other four tools and manages state across multiple API calls, allowing agents to refine queries, follow promising leads, and synthesize findings without explicit step-by-step instruction from the user.
Unique: The research tool enables agents to autonomously orchestrate search, extraction, and crawling steps based on intermediate findings, rather than requiring explicit tool calls for each step. This leverages the agent's reasoning to decide research strategy dynamically.
vs alternatives: Enables autonomous research workflows where agents decide next steps based on findings, whereas manual tool-calling requires explicit user or system prompts to specify each search or extraction step.
Implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server specification using TypeScript and StdioServerTransport, enabling the Tavily tools to be exposed as MCP tools callable by any MCP-compatible client. The server registers tool handlers via setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, ...) and CallToolRequestSchema, marshaling tool calls from clients through to Tavily API endpoints and returning results in MCP-compliant format.
Unique: Official Tavily MCP server implementation using StdioServerTransport for direct process communication, enabling zero-configuration integration into Claude Desktop and other MCP clients. Supports both remote (hosted) and local deployment models.
vs alternatives: Official MCP implementation ensures compatibility and feature parity with Tavily API, whereas third-party MCP wrappers may lag behind API updates or lack full feature support.
Supports both remote deployment (hosted at https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/) and local self-hosted deployment (via NPX, Docker, or Git), with different authentication models for each. Remote deployment uses URL parameters or Bearer token headers for API key passing, while local deployment uses TAVILY_API_KEY environment variable. Both expose identical tool capabilities through the same MCP interface.
Unique: Official Tavily MCP provides both remote (zero-setup) and local (self-hosted) deployment options with identical tool capabilities, enabling users to choose based on security, latency, and infrastructure requirements. Remote uses OAuth and Bearer tokens; local uses environment variables.
vs alternatives: Dual deployment model provides flexibility that single-deployment solutions lack; users can start with remote for quick testing and migrate to local for production without code changes.
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