# parallel-search-setup

> Claude/Codex skill by [@parallel-web](https://omgskills.com/library/parallel-web/index.md) · 90 stars · Updated 2026-10-21

Use when verifying, using, or troubleshooting the anonymous Parallel Search MCP server bundled with this plugin — when the user installs the plugin, says "set up Parallel Search", "Parallel search isn't working", hits 429 rate limits from Parallel, or asks how to get higher limits. Also covers how to use the web\_search and web\_fetch tools the bundled server provides. For an authenticated gateway deployment use parallel-mcp-setup; for the CLI-backed skills use parallel-cli-setup.

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills /tmp/parallel-agent-skills && ln -s /tmp/parallel-agent-skills/skills/parallel-search-setup ~/.claude/skills/parallel-search-setup
```

## From README

Parallel Search — and This plugin bundles one remote MCP server, parallel-search, at https://search.parallel.ai/mcp. It is anonymous and needs no no API key, no OAuth, no environment variables, no parallel-cli. It provides two tools: websearch — ranked results with answer-ready excerpts webfetch — token-efficient markdown for specific URLs The plugin's other skills are CLI-backed and do require parallel-cli to be installed, authenticated, and funded. Those are a separate concern; see parallel-cli- . Nothing in this skill depends on the CLI. Skills-only Installing with parallel-cli skills or Codex's skill installer does not register the MCP server. Before verification, check the current client's registered servers.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/skills/parallel-search-setup/
- GitHub: https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills
- Author: [@parallel-web](https://omgskills.com/library/parallel-web/index.md)

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