Cursor Plugin

Add Parallel web search, extraction, deep research, and data enrichment to Cursor

For AI agents: a documentation index is available at https://docs.parallel.ai/llms.txt. The full text of all docs is at https://docs.parallel.ai/llms-full.txt. You may also fetch any page as Markdown by appending .md to its URL or sending Accept: text/markdown.

Give Cursor an advanced suite of web search tools for harder tasks that standard search struggles with — available as slash commands and automatic skills directly inside Cursor.

Parallel is available in the Cursor Plugin Marketplace. View the source on GitHub.

Features

Capability	Skill	Command
Web Search	parallel-web-search	/parallel-search <query>
Content Extraction	parallel-web-extract	/parallel-extract <url>
Deep Research	parallel-deep-research	/parallel-research <topic>
Data Enrichment	parallel-data-enrichment	/parallel-enrich <data>

Additional commands: /parallel-setup, /parallel-status <run_id>, /parallel-result <run_id>

Prerequisites

1. Install the Parallel CLI

   Install the Parallel CLI via pipx:

   pipx install "parallel-web-tools[cli]" && pipx ensurepath
   

   See the CLI docs for uv, Homebrew, npm, and other installation methods.

2. Authenticate

   parallel-cli login
   # or
   export PARALLEL_API_KEY="your_api_key"
   

   See the CLI docs for other authentication methods.

Installation

Install the plugin from the Cursor Plugin Marketplace, or run in Cursor’s chat:

/add-plugin parallel

Then run the setup command to verify the CLI is installed and authenticated:

/parallel-setup

Manual CLI Setup

If you prefer to set up the CLI manually:

pipx install "parallel-web-tools[cli]" && pipx ensurepath
parallel-cli login

See the CLI docs for uv, Homebrew, npm, and other installation methods.

Quick Start

Search the web:

/parallel-search latest developments in AI chip manufacturing

Extract a webpage:

/parallel-extract https://example.com/article

Deep research (slower, more thorough):

/parallel-research comprehensive analysis of React vs Vue in 2026

Enrich data:

/parallel-enrich companies.csv with CEO name, funding amount, and headquarters

Usage

Beyond slash commands, the plugin also installs skills that Cursor uses automatically based on context:

• Ask a question that needs current information and Cursor will search the web
• Paste a URL and ask Cursor to read it — it will extract the content
• Ask for exhaustive research on a topic and Cursor will run a deep research task
• Give Cursor a list of companies and ask it to find their CEOs — it will use data enrichment

Learn More

• Parallel CLI documentation for full command reference
• Agent Skills for other coding agents (Cline, Copilot, Windsurf, etc.)
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