Parallel MCP: deep web research from your AI app

Connect Parallel to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

1. 1Click Connect Parallel free and sign in with your Parallel account.
2. 2Each Parallel tool is on when you connect. Task groups batch many tasks to run in parallel, so switch off task-group tools for people who only need search or a single research question.
3. 3Add ContextGate to your AI app as a connector or MCP server. The steps for each app are on the Works with page.
4. 4Ask your AI app to research five competitors' pricing pages with Parallel and return a table, then open Activity to see the calls.

Research Parallel can run for Claude or ChatGPT

• Run deep research on a question and get structured results in the shape you ask for.
• Batch many research tasks into a task group and follow its events as runs complete.
• Find the top matching documents for several queries in one call.
• Have Parallel suggest a task specification from what you're trying to find out.

Control research runs

• Switch off task groups or deep research; they're hidden from your AI app and refused if called.
• Policies check every call, so customer names or secrets in a research prompt can be hidden or blocked.
• Activity keeps a record of each Parallel call your team's AI apps make.

What you get with Parallel and ContextGate

• Your AI apps can use ParallelClaude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps reach Parallel through the one ContextGate connection you add to them.
• You choose which tools they can useSwitch off any Parallel tool you don't want used. It's hidden from your AI apps and refused if called.
• Every call is checked and recordedYour policies check each call (for example, personal data is hidden and secrets are blocked), and Activity keeps a record of it.

ContextGate sees only the tool calls that go through it, not your AI app's built-in tools or your chats.

Parallel tools

Examples of what your AI apps can do in Parallel. You'll see the exact list of tools after you connect it.

• Create Task GroupTool to create a new task group. use when batching multiple tasks for parallel execution.
• Parallel SearchTool to perform parallel semantic search. use when you need to retrieve top matching documents for multiple queries in a single call.
• Retrieve Task GroupTool to retrieve details of a specific task group. use when you have a valid task group id and want to view its details.
• Stream Task Group EventsTool to stream events for a task group. use when you want real-time updates of group status and run completions.
• Suggest TaskTool to suggest tasks based on user or project context. use when you need task specifications generated from intent after providing context.