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Parallel AI

Web research with Parallel AI

Parallel AI is an advanced web search and content extraction platform designed to deliver comprehensive, high-quality results for any query. By leveraging intelligent processing and large-scale data extraction, Parallel AI enables users and agents to access, analyze, and synthesize information from across the web with speed and accuracy.

With Parallel AI, you can:

  • Search the web intelligently: Retrieve relevant, up-to-date information from a wide range of sources
  • Extract and summarize content: Get concise, meaningful excerpts from web pages and documents
  • Customize search objectives: Tailor queries to specific needs or questions for targeted results
  • Process results at scale: Handle large volumes of search results with advanced processing options
  • Integrate with workflows: Use Parallel AI within Sim to automate research, content gathering, and knowledge extraction
  • Control output granularity: Specify the number of results and the amount of content per result
  • Secure API access: Protect your searches and data with API key authentication

In Sim, the Parallel AI integration empowers your agents to perform web searches and extract content programmatically. This enables powerful automation scenarios such as real-time research, competitive analysis, content monitoring, and knowledge base creation. By connecting Sim with Parallel AI, you unlock the ability for agents to gather, process, and utilize web data as part of your automated workflows.

Usage Instructions

Integrate Parallel AI into the workflow. Can search the web, extract information from URLs, and conduct deep research.

Tools

Search the web using Parallel AI. Provides comprehensive search results with intelligent processing and content extraction.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
objectivestringYesThe search objective or question to answer
search_queriesstringNoOptional comma-separated list of search queries to execute
processorstringNoProcessing method: base or pro (default: base)
max_resultsnumberNoMaximum number of results to return (default: 5)
max_chars_per_resultnumberNoMaximum characters per result (default: 1500)
apiKeystringYesParallel AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
resultsarraySearch results with excerpts from relevant pages

parallel_extract

Extract targeted information from specific URLs using Parallel AI. Processes provided URLs to pull relevant content based on your objective.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlsstringYesComma-separated list of URLs to extract information from
objectivestringYesWhat information to extract from the provided URLs
excerptsbooleanYesInclude relevant excerpts from the content
full_contentbooleanYesInclude full page content
apiKeystringYesParallel AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
resultsarrayExtracted information from the provided URLs

parallel_deep_research

Conduct comprehensive deep research across the web using Parallel AI. Synthesizes information from multiple sources with citations. Can take up to 15 minutes to complete.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
inputstringYesResearch query or question (up to 15,000 characters)
processorstringNoCompute level: base, lite, pro, ultra, ultra2x, ultra4x, ultra8x (default: base)
include_domainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to restrict research to (source policy)
exclude_domainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to exclude from research (source policy)
apiKeystringYesParallel AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
statusstringTask status (running, completed, failed)
run_idstringUnique ID for this research task
messagestringStatus message (for running tasks)
contentobjectResearch results (structured based on output_schema)
basisarrayCitations and sources with excerpts and confidence levels

Notes

  • Category: tools
  • Type: parallel_ai
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