parallel – OpenClaw Skill

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name: parallel description: High-accuracy web search and research via Parallel.ai API. Optimized for AI agents with rich excerpts and citations. triggers:

• parallel
• deep search
• research metadata: clawdbot: emoji: "🔬"

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Parallel.ai 🔬

High-accuracy web search API built for AI agents. Outperforms Perplexity/Exa on research benchmarks.

Setup

pip install parallel-web

API key is configured. Uses Python SDK.

from parallel import Parallel
client = Parallel(api_key="YOUR_KEY")
response = client.beta.search(
    mode="one-shot",
    max_results=10,
    objective="your query"
)

Quick Usage

# Search with Python SDK
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/search.py "Who is the CEO of Anthropic?" --max-results 5

# JSON output
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/search.py "latest AI news" --json

Response Format

Returns structured results with:

• search_id - unique search identifier
• results[] - array of results with:
  • url - source URL
  • title - page title
  • excerpts[] - relevant text excerpts
  • publish_date - when available
• usage - API usage stats

When to Use

• Deep research requiring cross-referenced facts
• Company/person research with citations
• Fact-checking with evidence-based outputs
• Complex queries that need multi-hop reasoning
• Higher accuracy than traditional search for research tasks

API Reference

Docs: https://docs.parallel.ai Platform: https://platform.parallel.ai