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# autogen.tools.experimental.TavilySearchTool

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```python theme={null}
TavilySearchTool(
    *,
    llm_config: LLMConfig | dict[str, Any] | None = None,
    tavily_api_key: str | None = None
)
```

TavilySearchTool is a tool that uses the Tavily Search API to perform a search.<br />This tool allows agents to leverage the Tavily search engine for information retrieval.<br />It requires a Tavily API key, which can be provided during initialization or set as
an environment variable `TAVILY_API_KEY`.<br />Attributes: <br />    tavily\_api\_key (str): The API key used for authenticating with the Tavily API.<br />Initializes the TavilySearchTool.<br />

<b>Parameters:</b>

| Name             | Description                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `llm_config`     | **Type:** [LLMConfig](/docs/api-reference/autogen/llm_config/LLMConfig) \| dict\[str, typing.Any] \| None<br /><br />**Default:** None |
| `tavily_api_key` | **Type:** str \| None<br /><br />**Default:** None                                                                                     |