MCP Server Policy

TAVILY MCP POLICY

Enforce policies on every tool call to the Tavily MCP Server. 4 tools listed, categorised, and ready for rules.

tavily-ai/tavily-mcp 1 read 3 write 4 tools total
tavily search web-search extraction research

GET STARTED

Download this policy scaffold and add your rules. Intercept enforces them on every tool call before it reaches Tavily.

terminal

# Download policy scaffold

curl -o tavily.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/policylayer/intercept/main/policies/tavily.yaml

# Run with Intercept

intercept --policy tavily.yaml -- npx -y @tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

Server documentation: https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

READ TOOLS

1

OTHER TOOLS

3

POLICY YAML

This scaffold lists every tool with empty rules. Add conditions — rate limits, argument validation, deny rules — then deploy with Intercept.

tavily.yaml 
version: "1"
description: "Policy for tavily-ai/tavily-mcp"
default: "allow"
tools:
    tavily-search:
        rules: []
    tavily-crawl:
        rules: []
    tavily-extract:
        rules: []
    tavily-map:
        rules: []

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What tools does the Tavily MCP server expose?

The Tavily MCP Server exposes 4 tools across 2 categories: Read, Other. Each tool can be individually controlled with Intercept policies.

How do I enforce policies on Tavily?

Download the policy scaffold, add rules (rate limits, argument validation, deny rules), then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Tavily MCP server. Every tool call is evaluated against your YAML policy before execution.

Is the Tavily policy free to use?

Yes. All Intercept policies are open source under the Apache 2.0 licence. Download, modify, and deploy without restrictions.

ENFORCE POLICIES ON TAVILY

Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.

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