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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.

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Features

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

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Prerequisites

1

Install the Parallel CLI

Install the Parallel CLI via pipx:
See the CLI docs for uv, Homebrew, npm, and other installation methods.
2

Authenticate

See the CLI docs for other authentication methods.

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Installation

Install the plugin from the Cursor Plugin Marketplace, or run in Cursor’s chat:
Then run the setup command to verify the CLI is installed and authenticated:

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Manual CLI Setup

If you prefer to set up the CLI manually:
See the CLI docs for uv, Homebrew, npm, and other installation methods.

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Quick Start

Search the web:
Extract a webpage:
Deep research (slower, more thorough):
Enrich data:

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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

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