tavily map

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

Before running

Map requires authentication. Run the requested command directly when tvly is already authenticated; do not add a status check to every invocation.

If tvly is missing, follow the [tavily-cli setup](../tavily-cli/SKILL.md#setup). If an installed CLI reports an authentication error, use tvly login for authentication only, or tvly init --skip-skills when guided verification is also useful. Browser-based OAuth is preferred when an interactive user can complete it. --no-browser prints the sign-in link instead of opening it, but still waits for a localhost callback. In an unattended agent or CI environment, leave authentication to the user or use a securely provided TAVILYAPIKEY. Do not start a second login immediately after guided setup has completed.

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](../tavily-cli/SKILL.md): 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" --json

# Filter by path
tvly map "https://example.com" --select-paths "/blog/.*" --limit 500 --json

# Deep map
tvly map "https://example.com" --max-depth 3 --limit 200 --json

Options

Map + Extract pattern

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

# Step 1: Find the authentication docs
tvly map "https://docs.example.com" --instructions "authentication" --json

# Step 2: Extract the specific page you found
tvly extract "https://docs.example.com/api/authentication" --json

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](../tavily-extract/SKILL.md) — extract content from URLs you discover
• [tavily-crawl](../tavily-crawl/SKILL.md) — bulk extract when you need many pages