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HTTP API connector

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What the skills can do

The platform lists 2 Tavily skills, each added to an agent separately. All are HTTP APIs described by OpenAPI specs, not MCP servers:
  • Tavily: 2 actions. Calls go to https://api.tavily.com and carry a credential xpander supplies, so there is nothing to paste.
  • Tavily: 2 actions. Calls go to https://api.tavily.com and carry the credential the connect dialog asks for.

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What the Tavily skill can do

API connector: 2 actions, as they appear in the skill panel. 2 of them create, change or delete something in Tavily; mark those under These actions need approval when you add the skill to an agent.
  • Data extraction (1): Extract Content from URLs
  • Search service (1): Execute Search Query and Retrieve Results

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What the Tavily skill can do

API connector: 2 actions, as they appear in the skill panel. 2 of them create, change or delete something in Tavily; mark those under These actions need approval when you add the skill to an agent.
  • Data extraction (1): Extract Content from URLs
  • Search service (1): Execute Search Query and Retrieve Results

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Connect Tavily

In Xpander Chat, open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and search for Tavily. The connect dialog asks for a connection name and whether the connection is for the Organization (one shared account) or Personal (your own account, so the agent acts with your permissions where systems allow). On an agent other people use, a personal connection runs their requests as you unless the binding requires each person’s own sign-in; see whose credential a shared agent uses. Tavily connects with Sign in with Tavily: you authorize in the browser and xpander stores the OAuth token; the agent never sees it, and the token is attached at the moment a skill is called. Calls go to https://api.tavily.com.

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Connect Tavily

In Xpander Chat, open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and search for Tavily. The connect dialog asks for a connection name and whether the connection is for the Organization (one shared account) or Personal (your own account, so the agent acts with your permissions where systems allow). On an agent other people use, a personal connection runs their requests as you unless the binding requires each person’s own sign-in; see whose credential a shared agent uses. The dialog shows the credential this skill needs and where it goes; the value is stored in the vault and attached at the moment of use. Calls go to https://api.tavily.com.

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Give an agent the Tavily skill

Once Tavily is connected, any agent you can edit may be given the skill: open the agent’s settings, click Add skill, and choose Tavily. Enable only the action groups the agent needs, and mark the actions that should wait for a named person’s sign-off under These actions need approval. Which skills exist for your organization, and who may add them, is decided by your admins; see Skills.