llama-index-tools-scavio 0.1.0

Scavio real-time search tools (Google, Google News, Reddit, YouTube, Amazon) for LlamaIndex

llama-index-tools-scavio

Scavio real-time search tools for LlamaIndex — Google, Google News, Reddit, YouTube, and Amazon as clean Documents, with one API key. A drop-in Tavily alternative and SerpAPI alternative for LlamaIndex RAG pipelines and agents.

Install

pip install llama-index-tools-scavio

Setup

Get a Scavio API key from the Scavio Dashboard (new accounts get free credits, no credit card). Set SCAVIO_API_KEY or pass api_key= to the tool spec.

Usage

from llama_index.tools.scavio import ScavioToolSpec

tool_spec = ScavioToolSpec()  # reads SCAVIO_API_KEY

# Direct call — returns a list of llama_index Document objects
docs = tool_spec.search("best real-time search API for AI agents", max_results=5)
for doc in docs:
    print(doc.text, doc.metadata["url"])

Hand the tools to an agent:

from llama_index.core.agent.workflow import FunctionAgent
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

agent = FunctionAgent(
    tools=ScavioToolSpec().to_tool_list(),
    llm=OpenAI(model="gpt-5.5"),
    system_prompt="You are a research assistant. Use Scavio for fresh web data.",
)
response = await agent.run("What are people on Reddit saying about Tavily alternatives?")

Tools

ScavioToolSpec exposes these functions (each returns List[Document]):

Tool	What it does
search	Google SERP — real-time organic web results
news	Google News — recent articles on a topic
reddit_search	Reddit posts — community discussion and sentiment
youtube_search	YouTube — videos, channels, playlists
amazon_search	Amazon — product listings

Need every endpoint (Walmart, TikTok, Instagram, Maps, Shopping, Trends, and more)? Point any LlamaIndex agent at the hosted MCP server at mcp.scavio.dev — no install required.

Scavio vs Tavily vs SerpAPI

	Scavio	Tavily	SerpAPI
Google SERP	Yes	No (web search only)	Yes
Google News	Yes	No	Yes
Reddit	Yes	No	No
YouTube	Yes	No	Yes
Amazon / Walmart	Yes	No	Yes (add-on)
TikTok / Instagram	Yes	No	No
Hosted MCP server	Yes	Yes	No
LlamaIndex tool	Yes	Yes	Yes

Migrating from Tavily

- from llama_index.tools.tavily_research import TavilyToolSpec
- tool_spec = TavilyToolSpec(api_key="tvly-...")
+ from llama_index.tools.scavio import ScavioToolSpec
+ tool_spec = ScavioToolSpec(api_key="sk_live_...")

  docs = tool_spec.search("your query")

Credits

Most calls cost 1 credit; Reddit costs 2. See scavio.dev/docs.

About Scavio

Scavio is a real-time search API built for AI agents — a unified API over Google, YouTube, Amazon, Walmart, Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram that returns clean JSON. It is a cost-effective Tavily alternative and SerpAPI alternative with broader platform coverage. Learn more in the LlamaIndex integration docs.

Links

• Scavio: https://scavio.dev
• Docs: https://scavio.dev/docs/llamaindex
• Dashboard: https://dashboard.scavio.dev