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Parallel Search

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Provides web search functionality optimized for AI through the Parallel Search API. Designed for everyday web search tasks within MCP-compatible LLM clients.

Highly accurate web search built for AI

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What it does

  • Search the web with AI-optimized results
  • Perform daily web search queries
  • Access Parallel Search API through MCP
  • Get search results formatted for AI consumption

Best for

AI developers needing web search in LLM workflowsDaily web research and information gatheringBuilding AI applications that require current web data
Remote — zero setupAI-optimized search resultsBuilt for everyday use

About Parallel Search

Parallel Search is an official MCP server published by parallel-web that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Parallel Search combines bing ai and microsoft for a highly accurate AI search experience, built to enhance web discover It is categorized under search web.

How to install

You can install Parallel Search in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.

License

Parallel Search is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

Parallel Search MCP

The Parallel Search MCP allows using Parallel Search API from within any MCP-compatible LLM client. It is meant for daily use for everyday smaller web-search tasks. Please read our MCP docs here for more details.

Installation

The official installation instructions can be found here.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Parallel Search MCP": {
      "url": "https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Running locally

Running locally

This is a Search MCP proxy server (https://search-mcp.parallel.ai) that proxies /mcp to https://mcp.parallel.ai/v1beta/search_mcp and adds minimally needed additions to make it work with oauth.

MCP address: https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp

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